A. in order for a claimant to be "available for work" within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat § 48-627(3), a claimant for whom the work search requirement has not been waived pursuant to 219 NAC 4(007) must actively seek work in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. (See also, 20 C.F.R. § 604.5 and 42 U.S.C.A. 503.)B. A claimant, for whom the work search requirement has not been waived pursuant to 219 NAC 4(007), shall be required to make an active and earnest search for work that is reasonably calculated to result in the earliest possible reemployment of the claimant. An active and earnest search for work shall include five reemployment activities each benefit week. At least two of a claimant's five reemployment activities each benefit week shall be applications for permanent employment. Applications for employment shall be made in a method accepted by the employer.C. The following items will count as a reemployment activity as used in paragraph 004(B) above: 1. Attending a Nebraska Reemployment Services Session with the Nebraska Department of Labor.2. Conducting work searches using Internet job banks as well as professional/trade publications (the URL for the site searched and the date the web site was accessed shall be provided to the Department of Labor).3. Applying to a job posting through the Nebraska Department of Labor's web application for reemployment services (NEworks.nebraska.gov).4. Applying to a job posting through an Internet job bank or directly through an employer's website (proof of the date of application and job applied for shall be shall be provided to the Department of Labor).5. Attending a resume writing class for the purpose of preparing or revising a resume for submission to a job posting.6. Attending lob seeking skills classes, workshops, or job clubs.7. Meeting with a career counselor.8. Attending a sponsored networking event in your occupational field or industry.10. Joining a professional organization in your occupational field or industry.11. Taking a civil service exam.12. Taking a pre-employment exam, at the request of an employer.13. Taking skills and interests tests sponsored by the Department of Labor, a community college or accredited college or university to identify a new occupational field or industry.14. Visiting an employer's place of business to fill out a job application.15. Telephoning employers to arrange for lob interviews.16. A claimant shall record each week's work search activities effort in an electronic web application maintained and verified by the Department of Labor as the Commissioner of Labor shall direct. A claimant shall record reemployment activities contacts (a) during the week in which he or she is looking for work, or (b) at the same time he or she claims for benefits for the benefit week for which the work search was performed. However, a claimant shall not record his or her work search activities after he or she submits a claim for benefits for the benefit week the work searches were performed. A failure to record the reemployment activities in the directed manner will be considered a failure to report, and the claimant shall be ineligible for the week in which he or she failed to report.D. Referrals by the Nebraska Department of Labor of job openings matching up with the job skills described in the claimant's resume shall be considered as a direction by the Commissioner to apply for available, suitable work within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat § 48-628.03(3).E. Eligibility for benefits of claimants seeking only part-time work is established in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-627.219 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 004
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