hey guys nicholas here want to give you a quick update on the work search requirements
announcement that came out last week from cal edd they did post some new announcements here this
week with some more additional details on what they're specifically looking for for regular ui
and the work search requirements for pua so i wanted to break this down as simple as i can
it's not really making any significant changes but you guys just for an update starting july
11th if you have a pua or you're on extension or you have a regular ui claim or if you're on feded
or any of the other programs out there receiving unemployment benefits july 11th we're going to
be asked in the bi-weekly certification whether or not we're looking for work now
the updates that they came out with here this week is that there are going to be potentially some
exemptions for both pua and for ui and guys this is just a quick video so i'm not going to really
get into the details of what those exemptions are but i'm going to kind of coach you through
where you want to be looking at from where you're at
in your claim and when these job searches start and how to avoid any trouble
so really where the trouble is going to start is that when these work search requirements come up
they're going to be asking you yes or no on this bi-weekly certification whether or not
you've been looking for work and yes you might fall under one of these exemptions okay but i'm
telling you if you answer no on that bi-weekly certification that you're not looking for work
it's going to create a flag in the system i i i it just is uh they're making these exemptions but
you're going to have to be able to prove it and what this means is that your account will be
flagged and if it's flagged it means most likely your payments will stop until they get a chance to
call you and you guys know those calls are taking six to 13 weeks so like don't mess around with
this like answer yes you are looking for work i don't care if you're pua trying to build your
business back up you're going to networking events you're you know applying on different websites to
to market your business if you're on regular ui in that case you're looking for work you're going to
job training seminars um and anything related to help that's going to qualify you know you under
those qualified work search activities but like i'm telling you guys the easiest way to do this
i don't care if you're pua i don't care if you're uh you know regular ui you they are
they came out with this update this week and they're saying they're stating you only have
to do one of these activities per week and that's that's all they're asking and they're not asking
you to submit documentation every week so that's a huge you know big round of applause for for edd um
but i i i'm still caution you guys to be proactive and what i mean by being proactive is this
go on to cal jobs it's not the only way to do this you can do this in other sites and whatnot but
you have to keep a record of what you're doing whether it's looking for you know ways to grow
your self-employed business back whether it's you're looking for work or going to these you
know different networking events whether you're doing job training whatever like you have to keep
a record of that and i don't know at least for me i've got a lot of things going on in my life
and keeping organized is you know important but in in certain aspects i want to make it as easy
as possible so this is my approach okay and i know this works i know this will get you to sail
through any situation where if and they're not saying they will but they're saying they they
might if you have a interview or they want to look and see if you're you know actually looking for
work you know as you're applying yes every week you're certifying that you're you know looking
for that work where you're trying to grow your business and those qualified activities that fall
underneath that like just make it easy on yourself like just go to cal jobs and i'm not advocating
cal jobs versus linkedin or anything else but cal jobs is there it's an easy platform to use
um you know you can go and you can apply for jobs and even if they're not interesting to you even
if they're whatever like pie in the sky like you know you're like applying for i don't know
uh you know just something way out of your league or out of your expertise and you don't need to
even take the job you don't need to accept the job it's just really more of applying for work now you
know keep it reasonable guys because i know a lot of you are saying like well if you're telling me
that i need to apply for work you know i i want to find a job that i'm serious about doing and
so you have to balance that right like you have to balance the fact that look these benefits are
ending in september okay you know and for those of you that have fed ed maybe that'll go a bit
longer and that's great too but they are ending in september so you know i have every every faith
that you guys can be looking for a good job in this interim up through september and i encourage
you to look for for work and if you're on pua and you want your self-employed business to get back
up and again i applaud that too and i hope that really works for you but you guys it's it's really
straightforward go to these job sites apply for jobs okay and then what you can do you don't have
to track anything if you're applying for one job a minimum a week and this is not their requirement
this is just what i'm recommending because it's the easiest thing to do apply for the job
and you know i'm recommending that you're doing three to five job applications a week just because
when not when sorry if they ever you know ask you to prove that you've done this you you didn't just
do one job a week you know that that interview is going to see your screenshot of all those
applications you've made and they're going to look at it and be like of course let's keep paying you
that's what you want you just don't want any questions right so i'm recommending that you
at least apply for one job a week because it's so easy to do okay i'm recommending that you do
at least one i'd recommend doing three to five that's just you know a better way to go about it
but you know that's me and then for those of you guys that have the ability to have those
exemptions that they put out there i'm telling you don't press no on those weekly certifications
it is it is going to cause a flag in the system it's going to stop you from getting paid
you're going to get pending status you're going to have to wait for a callback and we know that it's
taking six to 13 weeks right now so even though you have the exemption and you're totally fine and
all that i get it just save yourself the hassle press yes and keep a record of what you're looking
for and they're not asking for much they're just asking for you to do one activity per week
you know and so make that activity you know really easy to track make that activity you
know something that would lead to what they're trying to get you guys to do right i mean at the
end of the day they're they want to pay you these legally title benefits but on the other hand they
have a mandate that they need to get you back to full-time employment so whether that's you working
on your poa side and you're trying to get that business up and going fantastic do that but also
in case that doesn't work out have a backup plan just just apply for a job it's even easier
not to get the job that's not what you want to do but at least regards the work search
requirements just take care of that so we covered the exemptions with regards to how to handle that
don't press no guys it's just not going to end well for you um yeah so if you have any questions
on this again this is just my advice uh i am really experienced with the nevada system i know
how they do it there i know how they're doing in other states california has its own set of rules
and that's totally fine i'm not trying to create more work for you i'm just saying to be prepared
you have to be as prepared as you possibly can if and when they were to ever contact you and you
just need an easy way to say oh yeah no worries you know i've applied for one job every week
on cal jobs on linkedin on anything along those lines so i hope this helps uh please continue to
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