40 percent of unemployed have quit looking for jobs Prison Planet.com Posted on May 21, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Money Watch CNBC | At a time when 8.5 million Americans still don’t have jobs, some 40 percent have given up even looking. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email