How to do your job 
       search effort re-
       engagement 
       requirement
       If your payment is on hold because you didn’t do your job search effort,
       find out how to get it back.   
       LAST UPDATED:  9 AUGUST 2021
                On this page: 
                       Before you start
                       Sign in to your jobactive account
                       Check how many job applications you need to report
                       Report your job applications 
                       Check your dashboard
                Before you start 
                About job search effort requirement 
                When you apply for an income support payment, you make an agreement with 
                the government to do tasks in return for your payment. 
                We call these tasks mutual obligation requirements or requirements and they’re 
                listed in your Job Plan.  
                Your job search effort requirement is the number of jobs you must apply for and 
                report each reporting period.  
                About job search effort re-engagement 
                requirements 
                Your payment will go on hold if you don’t do your job search effort requirements. 
                If your payment goes on hold, you need to report a set number of job 
                applications to get it back. 
                We call this your job search effort re-engagement requirement. 
                Step 1 – Sign in to your 
                jobactive account 
                Sign in to jobactive.gov.au/jobseekers via myGov.
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                Step 2 – Check how many job 
                applications you need to report 
                On your dashboard, check your banner or My Job Search Effort tile to see how 
                many job applications you need to report.  
                In this example, Ofelia has a Re-engagement Requirement of 12 jobs. Ofelia 
                has already reported 1 job application, so she only needs to report 11 job 
                applications to get her payment back. 
                Step 3 – Report your job 
                applications 
                From your dashboard, go to your Job Search Effort page by clicking on 1 of the 
                following: 
                       View my job search effort from your My Job Search Effort tile
                       View Details on your Re-engagement task in Your tasks to do.
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        From your Job Search Effort page, there are 2 ways you can report job 
        applications to meet your job search effort re-engagement requirements. 
        You can either Upload Evidence or Add a Job. 
        Upload Evidence 
        You can report a job application by selecting Upload Evidence and the form will 
        expand. 
          1. Check the Re-engagement Reporting Period is selected and not the 
            current reporting period. 
          2. Tick the declaration box. 
          3. Fill in the number of jobs you’re uploading evidence for. 
          4. Give your document a name. 
          5. Select your file and Upload. 
        Read How to upload evidence to add jobs to your job search effort to find out 
        what evidence we accept. 
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