Regarding structural changes, the end of the housing boom and the recession have
induced a reshuffling of jobs among businesses, occupations, industries, and geo
graphical areas. Those developments suggest that gains in employment in the next
several years will rely more than usual on the creation of new jobs—with different
businesses, in different industries and locations, and requiring workers with different
skills than those needed for the jobs that have disappeared. As a result, the movement
of unemployed workers into new jobs will probably be more difficult in this recovery
than in past ones.