Structural: A given set of skills is not needed by an economy, so people with those skills cannot find employment Frictional: When people are in a set period of unemployment whilst they wait to get a job that is already secured, or when people are looking for their first job Seasonal: When there is unemployment as the jobs only exist at certain times of the year (e.g. retail jobs at Christmas) Cyclical: When the growth of the economy has slowed and there is no demand for the production of the workers at all
