--- title: "Montana Unemployment Checklist and Work Search Log | MCC" description: "Montana unemployment checklist: job bank: MontanaWorks (Job Service). Excel work search log and documents list." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/montana-unemployment-checklist" --- Document pack # Montana Unemployment Checklist: Weekly Work Search Rules, Excel Log and Documents to Gather Montana's weekly work search rules from Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division's own pages, in one checklist: make one work search contact each week, within the week claimed and on a day hiring is normally done. Don't use the same employer two weeks in a row unless the employer asks you to; report: request weekly payment at uiclaimant.mt.gov, and be able to produce your work search records when the State of Montana asks; records: keep the record of your work search contacts for 3 years in case your claim is selected for an audit. **$15** one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email Buy now, $15 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for People claiming unemployment in Montana who need to keep a weekly work search record for Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division, and family members helping them stay organized. Not the right fit if You claim unemployment in a state other than Montana, 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 Montana work search data file, checked November 2026 against 2 official pages: Montana UID: Work search requirements; Montana UID: Work Search Record form. - Every item in the checklist is confirmed on an official page and linked to it. - The Excel summary flags any week with fewer than 1 logged activities, recalculating with zero formula errors. What is inside - **Montana weekly work search log (Excel).** A log with the columns Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division asks for (Employer or organization, Person contacted, Date, Job title or type of work, Phone, Address, website or email, Result, Proof kept), a weekly summary that counts your activities against Montana's 1 per week and a documents checklist. - **Start here: Montana filing and work search steps.** The 10 facts Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division's pages confirm, each with its source and check date. The weekly requirement, in the agency's words: Make one work search contact each week, within the week claimed and on a day hiring is normally done. Don't use the same employer two weeks in a row unless the employer asks you to. How to report: Request weekly payment at uiclaimant.mt.gov, and be able to produce your work search records when the State of Montana asks. Activities Montana counts: completing a job application; submitting a résumé; contacting a person with hiring authority, for work you're willing and qualified to do, where you'll work; registering with a temp agency (only the week you first sign up). Records: Keep the record of your work search contacts for 3 years in case your claim is selected for an audit. Job bank: MontanaWorks (Job Service) (registration required). Who may not have to search, per the agency: department-approved training (you must register and search again if training ends, isn't in session or you miss 30 days); job or union attachment through a hiring hall (keep in contact; union dues current and on the out-of-work list). - **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 Montana's application adds. - **Printable weekly work search log.** A paper version of the log with Montana's columns, one week per page, for claimants who prefer to write it down. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here MT Filing and Work Search (Montana Unemployment Checklist)](/img/toolkits/montana-unemployment-checklist/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/montana-unemployment-checklist/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here MT Filing and Work Search [![Page 1 of the Documents to Gather Checklist (Montana Unemployment Checklist)](/img/toolkits/montana-unemployment-checklist/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/montana-unemployment-checklist/doc-2.webp) First page of Documents to Gather Checklist Get it ## Montana Unemployment Checklist Or pay with PayPal Uses the email and terms box above. You get the same download link by email. ZIP code (for sales tax) Want every toolkit? The [toolkit membership](/membership) includes all of them, with a lower rate if you pay yearly. Get every update for a year, $29: the [Yearly Updates Pass](/updates-pass?kit=montana-unemployment-checklist) gives you each refreshed edition we release of the kits you own. One payment, no automatic renewal. Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal or benefits advice. Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division decides whether your work search meets its rules, and your own notices from it come first. MCC Solutions isn't affiliated with any state agency. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Ways to get it ## Just this kit, or more This kit **$15 one time** Montana Unemployment Checklist. Buy this kit Membership **$29 a month** Every kit and document pack in the store, including new ones. Cancel any time. [See the membership](/membership) Questions ## Common questions **What's in the download?** An Excel weekly work search log for Montana and three Word documents with matching PDFs: a start-here checklist of Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division's work search rules, a documents-to-gather checklist and a printable weekly log. You get a download link by email after payment. **How many work search activities does Montana require each week?** Make one work search contact each week, within the week claimed and on a day hiring is normally done. Don't use the same employer two weeks in a row unless the employer asks you to. That is in the data file we checked November 2026 against Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division's own pages; your notices from the agency come first. **How do I report my work search in Montana?** Request weekly payment at uiclaimant.mt.gov, and be able to produce your work search records when the State of Montana asks. The agency's page: https://uiclaimant.mt.gov. **What if the agency's pages don't say something?** Anything Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division's pages didn't state when we checked is left out of the kit's facts and put on a short "Look up before you file" list, with the agency's page to check, never guessed. In this kit that is: official list of activities, how the week is counted. **Is this legal or benefits advice?** No. It's general information and an organizer. Montana Department of Labor & Industry, Unemployment Insurance Division decides whether your work search meets its rules. 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