When a group of workers find that their job skills and work experience have become obsolete and are not needed by industry, this type of unemployment is:
A)search.
B)frictional.
C)structural.
D)cyclical.

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Structural unemployment is caused by a mismatch between the skills and experience of workers and the demands of employers. In this case, the workers' skills and experience have become obsolete and are no longer needed by the industry, leading to unemployment. This is different from frictional unemployment, which is due to temporary transitions between jobs, and cyclical unemployment, which is caused by fluctuations in the economy. The concept of search unemployment is not relevant to this scenario.

When a Group of Workers Find That Their Job Skills