Business has never been better for Danny, owner of U2CanOwnAUsedCar Co. In fact, two months after the country was officially declared to be in a recession, he needed to hire another salesperson because of increased sales. He had no problem finding help: over fifty out-of-work new car salespeople sent in resumes in response to Danny’s ad in the Sunday classified.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

Andy is a not-so-typical househusband who has spent the past fifteen years raising their boys Aidan, Caleb, and Hudson. Andy and his wife, Colleen, have agreed that the kids are old enough to take care of themselves and that Andy should start job hunting. Andy has some prior experience working as a pinball repairman.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

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Pieter, formerly a foreman at Mittal Steel, inc., has been out of work now for ten months. He became expendable the day MS, Inc. installed an industrial robot named Hans. Hans can do the work of twenty, needs no coffee breaks, makes no personal phone calls, seldom gets sick, and never insists on better working conditions.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

Amy was formerly employed by Timkens Steel Co. in Youngstown, Ohio. That was before Timkens merged with United Steel Corp in 1989. Once the merger was complete in June 1989, United moved all operations to its headquarters in Gary, Indiana. Amy’s job was eliminated since United streamlined its operations to increase their productivity. Amy is currently attending Youngstown State, taking courses in computer science.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

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Jean Valjean graduated from Our Lady of the Lake College three months ago. Although he has had several on-campus interviews, no job offers have yet been extended. Jean is confident that something will turn up soon and is considering working as a temp (a temporary secretary).

• Structural unemployment

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Siddhartha got fed up with his job as a city bus driver and resigned two weeks ago. “Sid” feels he stands a good chance at being hired at Norodom’s Motorcoach, Inc., a private bus company that specializes in tours of the city. His best friend, Ram, is a supervisor at Norodom’s.

• Structural unemployment

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Maryam Rafsanjani is a carpenter who was recently laid off from her job with Desert Construction Company. Faisal, the general contractor, blames the layoffs on the sluggish economy that has hit the city in the last three months. Maryam plans to apply at a frame shop at the mall for part-time work until the economy picks up.

• Structural unemployment

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• Cyclical Unemployment

Tony is unemployed. He formerly worked at FMC, Fiat Motor Cars, until poor sales caused his plant to shut down. Officials at FMC blamed the poor sales on the heavy competition from the Japanese. They do not foresee the plant reopening any time in the near future.

• Structural unemployment

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• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

Nedelka, an accountant for Cape Mining Co., remembers the day she started with CMC six years ago. She was one of approximately 200 accountants who recorded the production and sales of diamonds and minerals produced at CMC’s 12 mines. Even though CMC has added another 5 mines, to their business over the past six years, they have reduced the accounting staff by more than 50 people. The reason? – IBM, Compaq, and Apple personal computers.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment

Yevgeny Petrovich is an experienced bricklayer. He recently moved with his family to Odessa. The reason for the move? Yevgeny found steady work in his hometown of St. Petersburg from mid-April through October, but jobs became quite scarce the remaining months. He hopes the work will be more steady in Odessa.

• Structural unemployment

• Seasonal Unemployment

• Frictional Unemployment

• Cyclical Unemployment