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

Who it is for

People claiming unemployment in North Dakota who need to keep a weekly work search record for Job Service North Dakota, and family members helping them stay organized.

Not the right fit if

You claim unemployment in a state other than North Dakota, 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 North Dakota work search data file, checked November 2026 against 1 official page: Job Service North Dakota: Unemployment Insurance Claimant Guide.
• 5 items the official pages didn't state are printed as "Not confirmed — check" with the agency's page, never guessed.
• The Excel summary counts your activities each week, recalculating with zero formula errors.

What is inside

• North Dakota weekly work search log (Excel). A log with the columns Job Service North Dakota asks for (Employer or organization, How you made contact, Job title or type of work, Job or reference number, Date, Person contacted, Address, website or email, Phone), a weekly summary that counts your activities and a documents checklist.
• Start here: North Dakota filing and work search steps. The 6 facts Job Service North Dakota's pages confirm, each with its source and check date, and 5 marked "Not confirmed — check": weekly number of work search activities, official list of activities, official log form, how long to keep records, how the week is counted. How to report: Your weekly certification asks whether you made the required job contacts. Keep your records and provide them if requested (Job Contacts form at jobsnd.com). Activities North Dakota counts: applications in person; Résumés or applications by mail or email; online applications; phone contacts, only if the employer advertises phone contact. Job bank: jobsnd.com (registration required). Who may not have to search, per the agency: you're returning to the employer who laid you off; A job offer starting within four weeks, with a letter from the new employer; Job Service decides, so keep making contacts until told.
• 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 North Dakota's application adds.
• Printable weekly work search log. A paper version of the log with North Dakota's columns, one week per page, for claimants who prefer to write it down.