While the unemployment rate might get the most airtime, the labor participation rate — which measures the active portion of our labor force — is just as important to consider, writes Henry Jia in a new post in The Staffing Stream. The most recent February report indicated that this measure recently declined to its lowest level since 1978. Jia, a business intelligence consultant with Fieldglass, analyses the decline of labor participation in a new post in The Staffing Stream. To read the post, click here.

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