What does that have to do wtih anything? I’m sorry. I’m missing your point.
Clearly. Each state employment office sets the requirements for the minimum number of required job searches per week. They'll take your word for it for awhile, but you are required to maintain recods of your job searches.
Periodically, if they think you are scamming the system and choose to audit your search records, they need to be able to verify that you actually conducted the minimum required number of job searches per week. They will invite you to the unemployment office with your job search records. Then will then contact each employer you list and find out if you actually submitted a resume or application for a job posting.
For example, if you are a high school graduate, but all you applied for were bank president or CEO positions, chances are you will have some 'splainin' to do. You will probably have to repay every dollar of unemployment as well as a penalty.
When people talk about "protecting their unemployment", more often than not, they're talking about adhering to the rules because failure to do so can be severe.
Unemployment is not free money, nor free vacation cash - it comes with huge strings attached that most people are happy to abandon by finding a real job as quickly as possible.