North Dakota Work Search Requirements

Basic Eligibility Requirement: Search For Work

You must actively search for work if you are not returning to the employer who laid you off and/or if you are required to search for work and make job contacts. This is required for each week you wish to receive benefits – including your waiting week. Begin making your job contacts the same week that you apply for benefits. The purpose of a job contact is to become employed.

You must register for work by completing at least one online resumé at jobsnd.com within 10 days of filing or reopening your claim if you are not returning to the employer that laid you off, and/or you are required to search for work and make job contacts. Failure to have an active resumé online will result in a stop on your claim and may result in a loss of benefits. Contact the Claims Center if you are unable to complete your resumé prior to the due date. Job Service consider your reasons and determine whether or not you have good cause for not completing your resumé within the designated time frame.

To Post a Resumé

1. Go to jobsnd.com and click on the “Find a Job” link.
2. You will arrive at the online job search login page. Log in with your existing username and password (if you previously registered), or create a new username and password by clicking the “Not Registered?” link. (Go to step 3.) Please note: The username and password for the online job search tool may be different than the User ID and password you use to file your claim and complete certifications on the unemployment insurance online system. Contact your local Job Service office if you do not remember your job search username or password or if you need assistance completing your online resumé.
3. Click the “Register” link, then the “Individual” link and enter the required information in the registration fields. You must include your Social Security number when completing your resumé to avoid having a stop placed on your claim.

You must actively search for work if you are not returning to the employer who laid you off and/or if you are required to search for work and make job contacts. This is required for each week you wish to receive benefits – including your waiting week. Begin making your job contacts the same week that you apply for benefits. The purpose of a job contact is to become employed.

You must make a minimum of four acceptable job contacts in each calendar week. Depending on the availability of jobs in your field and location, you may be required to make more job contacts. Job contacts are contacts you make with employers for positions you are willing to accept. You may contact employers in person, by mailing a resume or job application, or online via the Internet. Phone contacts are only acceptable if the employer requests it as a method of contact.

Acceptable job contacts are verifiable, made with an identifiable employer, and made for positions you are willing to accept. Job Service verifies a selection of job contacts to ensure that acceptable contacts are being made. In-person job contacts must be made with the company’s hiring authority. All other job contacts must be made in the manner set by the employer.

Job contacts are not acceptable if:

• You do not know the identity of the employer.
• The in-person contact is with someone not in a hiring capacity.
• The contact is made for the purpose of obtaining self-employment.
• You post a resume with an online recruiting firm without applying for a specific position.
• The contact is for the same job for which you already applied (For example, if you apply for a specific job one week and interview for the same job the next week).

You can list an employer as a job contact twice during each four-week eligibility review period – regardless of how many times you apply for different jobs with an employer during an eligibility review period. Fill in the Job Contacts Record forms in the back of this guide completely as this information will be used for verification purposes. You are required to keep a record of your job contacts for one year. These records must be stored for this period of time in the event that you are selected for an audit of your claim

Job Service may require you to complete online reemployment services. If you are selected for these services, you will receive a notification letter that outlines the date the first reemployment service is due. Reemployment services can be completed any time prior to, but not later than, the assigned due dates. The sooner you complete your services, the better prepared you will be for your job search.

Reemployment services may include such activities as reading and reviewing employmentrelated information, attending workshops, or meeting with a case manager. You can view your required reemployment services and due dates on your “My To-Do List” calendar on the online system. To complete an online reemployment service, simply click the service and follow the instructions on your Reemployment Services Schedule page.