Applicants hoping to work as members of security staff at the 2012 London Olympics fill out electronic forms as they go through a screening and interview process at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday _ as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports. But questions about money and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Applicants hoping to work as members of security staff at the 2012 London Olympics fill out electronic forms as they go through a screening and interview process at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday _ as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports. But questions about money and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Mark Hamilton the Managing Director of Security Personnel for the G4S security company sits during a news conference at a recruitment center set up to hire security staff for the 2012 London Olympics near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday, as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics begins. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports, but questions about money, security and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Applicants hoping to work as members of security staff at the 2012 London Olympics fill out forms as they go through a screening and interview process at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday _ as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports. But questions about money and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Jobs posters are displayed on a wall behind seating in a waiting room for applicants wanting to work as security staff at the 2012 London Olympics at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The room was empty as the picture was taken at the start of the center's day before any applicants took a seat there. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday _ as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports. But questions about money and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Applicants hoping to work as members of security staff at the 2012 London Olympics fill out paper and electronic forms as they go through a screening and interview process at a recruitment center set up by the G4S security company near the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Dozens of unemployed Londoners converged on a center taking applications for security guards for the London Olympics on Thursday _ as the buildup for the 2012 London Olympics began to visibly crank up. With half a year to go before the Olympics, the focus has firmly shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports. But questions about money and transport remain. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
LONDON (AP) ? The first sprint of the Olympic Games has begun: Unemployed Londoners are converging on a center taking applications for those wanting to be Olympic security guards.
With only six months to go before the opening of the 2012 Summer Games, organizers are finalizing plans for security, ticketing and transport despite a series of setbacks that have pushed costs higher.
Hiring the new Olympic work force is the most visible signal yet that planners' focus has shifted from building stadiums to delivering the sports events.
Organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said Thursday that officials are "switching from planning stuff to really doing it."
Some 10,000 security guards are needed ? and organizers have already received three times that number of applications.
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