Answer to Question #135087 in Macroeconomics for December

Question #135087

Due to coronavirus pandemic, many education institutions adopted an online teaching method.
This meant that all educators must now be able to do teaching online. Mary, a contract educator,
was laid off by her employer because she does not know how to use online teaching tools. Until
she finds a new job, Mary is…
[1] structurally unemployed.
[2] cyclically unemployed.
[3] seasonally unemployed.
[4] frictionally unemployed.

Expert's answer

Mary is structurally unemployed. This is because she does not posses the skills that solve the current needs for the job as required by the employer.