It Is Critical That You Keep a Good Record of Your Job Search Efforts
Keeping good records, of your job search ,activities when seeking ,a new job anytime,, but especially, if you are receiving, unemployment benefits,, cannot be overly, emphasized. Your unemployment office will request verification of the job search activities that you have undertaken in searching for a job. Keep good records so that you will be prepared to provide the required proof when it is requested.
Be sure you have a clear, easy to read record, to provide to your state unemployment office when they ask you for it. If you cannot provide a record of your activities there is a good chance you may lose your benefits, so take the time and care to keep a good record. Keeping your records current and complete will make it easier to provide that job search record when it is requested.
Be sure to include enough information in your records so that you can read it yourself and understand it. If you cannot make sense of your notes and records, it is unlikely anyone else will be able to either, so make sure they are clear and neat.
Here Is a List Of the Basic Information You Will Want to Record.
For your own purposes and for keeping track of your job search efforts, you may want to note much more information as is shown in the photo examples provided in this article. The list I have provided below will include the basic information required to satisfy your state unemployment office, but for your own records you may want include more details. Feel free to add as much information and detail as you need to conduct a good job search and keep on top of your activities and progress.
Date
Month, day, and year, and in some cases you may want to list the time, when the qualifying job search activity took place.
Type of Activity
Specify what activity you engaged in. Was it a workshop? Did you complete and mail a job application or résumé? Did you do an interview by phone or in person? Did you do a job search on one or more of the online employment sites, and did you submit an online application or email your résumé to a perspective employer? Did you participate in a job networking meeting, a workshop, or a seminar, to improve your job search skills? Specify exactly what your job search activity included on your work search record.
Location of Activity
Where did this job search activity take place? Was it at the State Unemployment Office? If you mailed or emailed a résumé, or if you filled out an online application, list the name and physical address as well as mailing address, if applicable, of the employer that you applied to in the location column.
Contact Person’s Name, Title, and Phone Number
List the name of the person who contacted you by phone or letter, or the person with whom you interviewed, their title and phone number, under “contact person.” Or list the name of the person and their title and phone number that you should contact to find out what stage your application is in – if you know that information.
Job Title of Position You Are Applying For
List the title and number of the job you are inquiring about or applying for if this information is applicable to the activity listed.
Follow Up or Results
What have been the results of the job search activity you engaged in? Did you receive a phone inquiry/interview? An appointment for an in-person interview? A letter letting you know the job has been filled? Have you improved your résumé writing skills as a result of instruction on that subject at a workshop or class? Did you get some new job leads as a result of a networking meeting with other unemployed people? Whatever the results of your activity, keep a clear record of what it was in your follow-up file as verification of your efforts.
Many times you may send a résumé, but you are never informed about what happened to it. Sometimes you are fortunate if you receive even a notice that your résumé or application was received. After that you may get nothing, and often employers do not provide phone numbers because they do not want to be bothered by hundreds of applicants they are not considering.
Sometimes employers will even tell an applicant not to call them with inquiries about their applications and that if they do so, they are warned that their application will be placed at the bottom of the stack. Yes, I have seen this notice many times in job listings, or in notices sent to notify me that my application was received
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