Job losses in the construction and financial services industries were particularly large – hardly surprising given the collapse in these sectors in 2008 and 2009 – but manufacturing and other cyclically sensitive industries were hit hard as well, and employment in these industries has likewise recovered slowly.
Moreover, if skills mismatch in the labor market has led to an excess supply of workers in some sectors and a shortage of workers in others, then we would expect to see an atypical amount of variation in the balance between job openings and unemployment across sectors.