UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE AGENCY
WORK SEARCH ACTIVITIES LIST
Make job search activities work for you
These job search activities provide great ideas to make your job search more successful. Save all
conrmation emails or documentation to prove your work search activity.
Valid Work Search Acvity Documentaon
Employer contact (application, informational
interview, job interview).
Job title or reference number, employer or business name,
information on how you made the contact (in-person,
online, phone, email, or other) employer or business contact
information.
Set up a new account or update the one you
have on job search sites such as MITalent.org,
Indeed, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, Monster, Google
Careers, or others.
You can only use this activity once in a benet year.
Screen shot of your account page.
Upload your resume atPure Michigan Talent
Connectand make it searchable for employers.
You can only use this activity once in a benet year.
Screen shot or copy of your resume. Print with date.
Attend either virtual or in-person job search
seminars workshops or courses that help
improve skills for nding employment.
This may include training, such as digital literacy,
GED, or ESL, when the training is job-related, and
the individual remains available for work.
Name of the workshop, date, time, and location.
A printout of the registration and attendance for a seminar.
If at a Michigan Works! (MWA), use sign in sheet or other
confirmation from MWA staff. Other classes (GED, ESL) can
use attendance sheet or call instructor for verification.
Includes the courses from WD website : https://www.
michigan.gov/leo/0,5863,7-336-94422_95539---,00.html
Participate in an in-person or virtual job fair or
hiring event sponsored by MWA and contact at
least one employer.
Name of the event, date and information about where
or how you attended, name of employer. Registration
paperwork (email, sign in sheet, other).
Using resources available at a Michigan Works
oce such as obtaining job postings for jobs
listed by local employers and one contact made.
Date, and how or where you attended. List of postings
provided and at least one contact made.
Participate in a Reemployment Services and
Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) initial or follow-up
appointment.
Name of activity, date, and where or how completed.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AGENCY
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
michigan.gov/uia
Valid Work Search Acvity Documentaon
Search for job openings on job search sites such
as MiTalent.org, Indeed, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder,
Monster, Google Careers, or others. The same site
can only be used for work search once a month.
Link to or a screen shot of your prole or a conrmation
email from the site used.
Register for work with a private employment
agency, recruiter or headhunter service.
Screen shot the page documenting your registration; or
conrmation from the employment agency.
Participate in job search related webinars or
course sponsored by placement agencies,
including educational institutions.
Link to or screen shot of page documenting completion.
Attend an in-person or virtual job fair or hiring
event and make contact with at least one
employer.
Registration letter or email from job fair representative;
Employer or business name, information on how you made
the contact (in-person, online, phone, email, or other)
employer or business contact information.
Participate in virtual or remote job shadowing. Copy of a letter or email from the person/company you
shadowed.
Participate in private sector paid or unpaid work
experience or internship.
Letter or email from employer.
Participate in private on-the-job training (OJT).
If this is a paid OJT, earnings must be reported
during certication.
Name of company, position type of activity and where or
how completed.
Complete an online interest inventory (e.g.,
Strong, My Next Move, Myers/Briggs).
Link to or screen shot of your results.
Complete ACT WorkKeys assessment. Link to or screen shot of your results.
Obtain a National Work Readiness Credential. Screen shot or scanned copy of certicate.
Participate in an occupational skills or computer
course.
Screen shot or copy of your registration receipt.
Participate in LinkedIn Learning certied courses,
or courses on a similar online learning platform
that issue certicates of completion.
Link to or screen shot of the course completion page.
Enroll in the Clean Slate Program through your
local Michigan Works.
You can only use this activity once in a benet year.
Copy of your enrollment in the program.
Help With Work Search Activities and Getting Back to Work
• Registering for and attending Virtual Job Fair events supported by the Michigan Department of Labor and
Economic Opportunity count as ocial work search activities required by the Unemployment Insurance Agency.
Check out upcoming Virtual Job Fairs by visiting Pure Michigan Talent Connect’s Career Events website.
• Working with sta at your local Michigan Works! oce is a great way to get your work search activities
completed and documented! Visit michiganworks.org.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AGENCY
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
michigan.gov/uia