May 20, 2015 ... At a time when 8.5 million Americans still don't have jobs, some 40 percent have  ... 40 percent of unemployed have quit looking for jobs ... what employers want  and what prospective employees have to offer, and a benefits ...
The U-3 rate only counts people without jobs who are in the labor force. ... are the  discouraged workers, who have given up looking for work altogether. ... There  were 1.535 million people who were marginally attached to the labor force.
Jun 8, 2016 ... Nearly half of the unemployed have quit looking for work and the ... "It's  frightening to see this many people who could work say they have given up." ... to  a record 94.7 million Americans, according to Labor Department data.
Jan 24, 2014 ... That was because 347,000 workers fled the work force altogether last ... Those  102 million Americans are the human face of an employment-population ...  discouraged workers who have given up looking for a job in the past 4 ...
In other words, these are people who would be either working or looking for work  if job opportunities were significantly stronger. Because jobless workers are ...
Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether.