what you should have is a form that users have to go through to get tot he system on this form should be a list box - this list box can be run off a query that is
if the job is not finished
and is <>2 days (you wil have to mess around getting the right data- if you can get your qry to work then the list box will do what you want..
if however you want something a bt more flashy then that will involve a bit more outline on what you had in mind - you could have emails ping off - but these can get annoying