PHRASAL VERB 办理失业登记(以领取失业救济金) When an unemployed person signs on, they officially inform the authorities that they are unemployed, so that they can receive money from the government in order to live.
He has signed on at the job centre... 他在职业介绍中心办理了失业登记。
I had to sign on the dole on Monday. 我只好于星期一办理了领取失业救济金的登记。