A stupid unemployment insurance question...

[elfs]

So, I was looking at my job search journal, and I realized that I have a number of entries that look like this:

• Sent resume to job-2ekzp-0123456789@craigslist.org
• Sent resume to job-kavkp-0123456789@craigslist.org. It looks scammy; "work from home developing iPhone apps." I bet the contract has a huge IP noncompete.
• Sent resume to job-tegzr-0123456789@craigslist.org. Bleah, is this redacted again?

I wonder if entries like these are acceptable to the unemployment insurance office? A lot of stealth start-ups (and unscrupulous recruiters) are using craigslist's email-obscuring proxy capability to stay hidden behind the curtain, but I wonder if the UI will buy those as legitimate job contacts.

It doesn't really matter, in the grand scheme of things. I'm sending out far more than the requisite "three a week" job contacts. This is just one of those weird intersections between a new technology and an archaic government procedure.

Comments

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Since I have a number approaching 100 of entries almost exactly like this, have been audited twice (and I expect again in June), each time receiving the appropriate "attaboys", I guess it's okay in NY state.

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

I haven't been audited this time around, but the last time I was, UI was more than happy with it. Make sure you have the job title and posting number, and they are great. Hell, if the leads get scarce enough, you can get away with applying to any computer job, and they'll take it.

I've noticed a rise in the work from home job scams where they want you to register with one of several work from home job services as part of the application process. It, of course, costs money up front, and on a monthly basis. These work great for meeting your minimum number of contacts, as having to pay money up front make it perfectly acceptable to UI to either not pursue the job, or turn it down if offered.

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Oh, just you wait until you get an interview, and they ask you "Why do you want to work here".

UI requires that you answer every ad in the paper regardless of its suitability. Employers require that you toil for years for the privilege of maybe breathing the air in their office, let alone getting a single interview.

UIs rules are not really that conducive to getting meaningful employment.

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

So long as you're applying to separate jobs then it's OK to apply to the same company. Unfortunately you do have to prove you didn't know something was a duplicate listing for them to count it as a separate contact.