A key piece of your re-employment includes
contacting employers who hire people with your experience, training and skills.
Unless otherwise advised in writing by an Employment Department representative,
you must continue seeking work each week that you claim benefits, even if
you’re working part-time.
You must complete at least five work seeking
activities for each week that you claim benefits. Work seeking activities
include, but are not limited to:
- Attending job placement meetings or workshops (including
WorkSource Oregon sponsored activities)
- Networking
- Updating your resume
- Reviewing job placement websites or newspapers without responding
to a job posting
- Making direct contact with an employer
At least two of the five work seeking activities you complete
each week must be direct contact with employers. This means contacting them in
person, by phone, by mail, or electronically to inquire about and/or apply for
work.
When you file for weekly benefits your report of work seeking
activities must include:
- Date of contact
- Company name, phone number and address, or online job posting ID
number
- Person contacted (if applicable)
- Type of work or position applied for
- How contact was made (phone, resume, online application, email,
etc.), and
- Results of your contact (hired, not hired, interview, no response,
etc.)
When reporting work search activities, include:
- The date you completed the activity, and
- A description of the activity completed
An Employment Search Record form is available online under Forms
at the top of the page.
You’re not required to use this form, but you’re required to keep
records of your weekly work search efforts and report those activities when
making weekly claim reports.
Failure to provide this information when filing for weekly
benefits may result in a denial of benefits and possible overpayments and
penalties. (See Fraud)