From figure 14, we can see some outward shift in the relationship between job vacancies and unemployment, consistent with some increase in structural unemployment since the onset of the recession.
However, a more in-depth analysis of the evidence suggests that the apparent shift in the relationship between vacancies and unemployment is neither unusual  7  For some discussion of this effect, see Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2011), OECD Employment Outlook 2011; and Aaronson and others, “What Is behind the Rise in Long-Term Unemployment?” (see note 6).