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* * Date: Sept 14, 2012 Source: National Public Radio (NPR)

Link: http://n.pr/Q8ExOv Headline/Title: Discouraged In Hunt For A Job, Many Stop Looking

*Summary: *(an article accompanies the 5 minute audio) The reasons people drop out of the workforce are myriad. People go back to school. Others have health issues or family priorities that keep them from looking for work. But some stop looking because they are discouraged. 'Discouraged' is not just a state of mind. It's an official term the Labor Department uses to describe the 844,000 people who last month had given up on trying to find a job because they didn't think there was anything out there for them. So while the unemployment rate edged down this month, there are also more people who have quit sending out resumes, put their best suits back in the closet and stopped looking for work altogether.**

*Author:* Yuki Noguchi For the Full Article/Report, See: http://n.pr/Q8ExOv