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Only those applying for unemployment are ever counted, just like only new jobs are ever counted. The difference tells you if more jobs are being created or lost, and that number is added to the last employed and unemployed figures to come up with current figures.
So what you are trying to do is bias the system to show unreal job loss.
But it won't do what you want, since the number used is "first time unemployment applicants", not "unemployment applicants".
Spaz,
Not true. Unemployment is counted by each state and that information is passed to the Federal government. Each state doesn't keep track of the individual unemployed beyond their unemployment compensation period; the cutting of the check. If you're still unemployed at the end of that period you're dropped from the rolls and the unemployment figure is adjusted again. The only way true unemployment can be counted is by filing another application, which is something many unemployed don't do.