Question

Susie has lost her job in a Vermont textile plant because of import competition. She intends to take a short course in electronics and move to Oregon where she anticipates that a new job will be available. We can say that Susie is faced with: seasonal unemployment. cyclical unemployment. structural unemployment. frictional unemployment.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is: structural unemployment.

Explanation:

Susie has lost her job in a Vermont textile plant because of import competition.

She intends to take a short course in electronics and move to Oregon where she anticipates that a new job will be available.

We can say that she is facing structural unemployment. Structural unemployment refers to the unemployment situation which is caused because of a mismatch between the skills that workers possess and the skills that the firms are looking for.

Susie plans on doing a course in electronics to gain skills that she is currently lacking.