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Message: <blockquote data-quote="newfie" data-source="post: 5408218" data-attributes="member: 58700">3.5 percent are those actively looking for jobs through employment agencies. It does not include those who have given up finding a job through employment agencies. it measures only those who are actively working. the labor participation rate is down. labor participation rate does not affect that measurement.  But you often see months where the job increase was good but the employment rate gets worse because many of those that were not participating and not measured rejoined the job hunt. to your point the employement rate does not measure those who are not looking for a job. Duh!!!</blockquote>