Certain industries and jobs are only viable during specific weather conditions, holidays, or natural cycles. When the season ends, the work stops, and workers are laid off until the next year.
| Type | Cause | Example | |------|-------|---------| | | Weather, holidays, natural cycles | Lifeguard in winter | | Frictional | Between jobs, by choice | Quit one job, searching for another | | Structural | Skills mismatch or industry decline | Factory worker after automation | | Cyclical | Economic recession | Layoffs during a financial crisis | meaning of seasonal unemployment