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

Who it is for

People claiming unemployment in New Hampshire who need to keep a weekly work search record for New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES), and family members helping them stay organized.

Not the right fit if

You claim unemployment in a state other than New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire work search data file, checked November 2026 against 3 official pages: New Hampshire RSA 282-A:31, Benefit eligibility conditions; NHES: Eligibility; NHES: Work Search Log, NHES 0162 (R-5/14).
• 2 items the official pages didn't state are left out and put on the kit's look-up list with the agency's page, never guessed.
• The Excel summary counts your activities each week, recalculating with zero formula errors.

What is inside

• New Hampshire weekly work search log (Excel). A log with the columns New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES) asks for (Date, Employer or organization, Address, website or email, Phone, How you made contact, Job title or type of work, Result), a weekly summary that counts your activities and a documents checklist.
• Start here: New Hampshire filing and work search steps. The 6 facts New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES)'s pages confirm, each with its source and check date, and a short look-up list of 2 points to check on the agency's page: activities that count, official list of activities. How to report: Enter your work search activity records when you file your continued claim online; NHES says providing proof of a search for work is a basic eligibility requirement. Records: Keep a daily record of all contacts for the week and bring your logs if you are asked to review your work search at the local office. The form gives no retention period. Job bank: Registration for employment with NHES (registration required). Who may not have to search, per the agency: A definite date to return to work within 11 weeks of your last day of work (exempt from the work search requirement); enrollment in a vocational training program you were selected for by NHES (the work-readiness condition is waived while you attend).
• 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 New Hampshire's application adds.
• Printable weekly work search log. A paper version of the log with New Hampshire's columns, one week per page, for claimants who prefer to write it down.