The individual is experiencing structural unemployment. This type of unemployment occurs when there is a mismatch between the skills that workers have and the skills that are needed for available jobs, often due to changes in technology or the economy—in this case, the automation of her job due to industrial robots.
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An individual has recently been fired from her job at a cellphone manufacturing plant. Her job consisted of testing cellphone components for defects, but the job has become automated by the company's purchase of industrial robots. She would like to find new work, but she will need to undergo significant training before she has the skill set that employers are looking for. What type of unemployment is this individual experiencing?(1 point)
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cyclical unemployment
cyclical unemployment
structural unemployment
structural unemployment
frictional unemployment
frictional unemployment
natural unemployment
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