Mickie V.

Leonado ABM12-A1
Unemployment Activity

Identify what types of unemployment are being described in the following statement.
Write the letter of your answer on blank after the numbers.

Choices
A. Structural unemployment
B. Cyclical Unemployment
C. Frictional Unemployment
D. Seasonal Unemployment

__D__1. Rico cuts grass in the summer . Now, snow is falling , thus there is no grass to
cut.
__A__2. Mr. Johnson used to fix typewriters but they are now obsolete. If he wants to
keep working, he must learn to do something new, like fixing computers.
__B__3. The Kodak company had very low sales for the camera this year due to the
camera features added to cellphones. Kodak had to lay off their workers.
__A__4. Candy stands in airports were replaced by vending machines. Each person
who works the stands is now out of job.
__A__5. The secretaries at IBM used typewriters. Many of the secretaries are laid off
when the IBM stopped using typewriters and started buying computers for
them to use.
__D__6. Gerard sells ice cream outside at Centennial in the summer. In the winter, he
is unemployed.
__B__7. During the recession, construction workers were laid off from their jobs
because the building of houses came to a half.
__B__8. Reebok said their sales where down for the 1st quarter of the year, two
hundred employees were laid off.
__D__9. Ryan makes a lot of money with his snow plow in the winter but in the summer
he has to look for other work.
__D__10. Brian is a lifeguard at the beach. Because it is now winter, he is currently not
working and is looking for another job.
__A_11. Taylor used to be a parking attendant, but she is now out of a job because the
company installed an automatic pay machine.
__C__12. Bree just graduated from college and is looking for her first job.
__A__13. The Kia car just replaced Tyrone with a robot that can do his job 5 times as
fast. He is now unemployed.
__B___14. Jada is laid off her job due to a down turn in the economy.
__C___15. Tara doesn't like working at her current job anymore and decided to quit and
look for work at other companies.