Oklahoma Work Search Requirements
You received specific work search instructions at
the time you filed your unemployment claim and
are required to keep a record of the contacts on a
form in the back of this booklet. You must be
involved in a minimum of two activities per
week (including work search contacts) in
attempting to secure employment.
Work search contacts must be made within
the week for which benefits are being
claimed.
You must contact a minimum of two
different employers each week to meet the
minimum work search requirement.
In-person and telephone contacts should be
made with an individual in the company who
has hiring authority.
Contacts should be for work you are willing
and qualified to do, pay that you are willing
to accept, and in the area that you are willing
to work.
Contacts cannot be repeated with the same
employer until four weeks have passed. The
same contact should not be listed on
consecutive weeks except for agencies that
offer multiple placement services. All work
search contacts are subject to verification.
Failure to make the required number of work
searches each week could result in a denial in
benefits and possible overpayment.
Your claim may be selected for an audit. It is
your responsibility to retain your booklet with
this information for two years.
Union members that have a hiring hall must
contact the hiring hall each week. If you do not
have a hiring hall, you must make the required
number of work searches each week.