Kentucky Unemployment Checklist: Weekly Work Search Rules, Excel Log and Documents to Gather

Who it is for

People claiming unemployment in Kentucky who need to keep a weekly work search record for Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (Kentucky Career Center), and family members helping them stay organized.

Not the right fit if

You claim unemployment in a state other than Kentucky, or you need help with a denied claim or an appeal: this organizes the weekly work search record and doesn't advise on eligibility.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Kentucky work search data file, checked November 2026 against 1 official page: Kentucky Claimant Guide, PAM-UI-400 (Rev. 02/26).
• 4 items the official pages didn't state are printed as "Not confirmed — check" with the agency's page, never guessed.
• The Excel summary flags any week with fewer than 5 logged activities, recalculating with zero formula errors.

What is inside

• Kentucky weekly work search log (Excel). A log with the columns Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (Kentucky Career Center) asks for (Date, Activity, Employer or organization, Person contacted, Their title, How you made contact, Address, website or email, Phone, Job title or type of work, Result), a weekly summary that counts your activities against Kentucky's 5 per week and a documents checklist.
• Start here: Kentucky filing and work search steps. The 7 facts Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance (Kentucky Career Center)'s pages confirm, each with its source and check date, and 4 marked "Not confirmed — check": official list of activities, official log form, job bank registration, how the week is counted. The weekly requirement, in the agency's words: At least 5 work search activities each week; at least 3 must be job applications or interviews. How to report: Report your activities on each bi-weekly benefit request (Payment Request) in the Unemployment Insurance Claims Portal at kcc.ky.gov. Activities Kentucky counts: formal job applications (in person or online); job interviews (in person or online); job shadowing; job fairs or networking events hosted by a state or local government or business organization; job search skills workshops or seminars; official Kentucky Career Center programs or partner programs. Records: Activities may be verified or randomly audited for up to one year after your claim expires, so keep records of all of them. Who may not have to search, per the agency: members of a trade union that finds work for them; students in an approved training program who have received a determination; A definite recall date within 16 weeks of the initial claim; employees on temporary leave who are still considered employees; claimants covered by an employer's mass electronic claim (E-Claim); claimants whose employer has an approved Work Share agreement and filed for them.
• Documents to gather. A checklist of the papers a claim usually asks for (IDs, employer names and dates, pay records, separation papers), with space for anything Kentucky's application adds.
• Printable weekly work search log. A paper version of the log with Kentucky's columns, one week per page, for claimants who prefer to write it down.