Applicants must actively seek suitable employment each week they request benefits. The following activities satisfy the weekly job search requirement:

• Visiting an employer's place of business to fill out a job application.
• Mailing resumes in response to employer ads or job leads.
• Telephoning employers to arrange for job interviews.
• Attending creative job seeking skills classes, workshops, job clubs or other related job search activities.
• Networking in your occupational field and industry.
• Conducting searches using Internet job banks and bulletin boards as well as professional/trade publications.
• Researching companies in your field of work and exploring current labor market conditions.
• Maintaining contact with professional organizations.
• Attending a Reemployment Session conducted at local WorkForce Centers.
• Members of a referral union that are not allowed to seek employment on their own, will meet the work search requirement by remaining in good standing with the union.

Job search experts recommend that job seekers keep detailed records of their work search activities. These records are needed if the applicant’s account is selected for an audit.

Applicants not actively seeking suitable employment or making sufficient work search, may be denied benefits.

Keep a record of:

• Dates of employer contacts.
• Company name, address and telephone number.
• Name and title of person contacted about job openings.
• Type of work discussed or applied for.
• Method of contacts (phone, in person, etc.)
• Results of contacts.
• Name, date and provider of job search workshops attended.
• Dates and details of networking activities and results.