Cycling is the new breathing ...

Everything works on a cycle. For example China works on a 200 year cycle and has stuck to it since 300 A.D. There is approximately 50 years of growth, improvment, and peace. 50 years in a plateau, 50 years in decline, and 50 years of unrest and civil war. They are currently 3/4 the way through their half century of growth and are starting to plateau.

The job market and supply and demand of labor is also on a cycle. Across the Western world (principally the US, UK, AUS, etc) the Baby Boomer generation is about to retire. Beyond the serious questions this raises about the longevity of the social security system in the US - this will create a large void of experieced, educated people in industry and business. This also create a once in a lifetime advantage for people graduating from high education in the next several years to fill that gap.

To help me dogpile on top I have a stack of internship applications waiting to be mailed in, I frequently check the employment listings in Melbourne to see what types of jobs in what types of sectors are opening for what types of salaries, and I am accrueing a nice pile of recommendation letter from international sources.

Pre-Real World Senior-itis: the anxiety and nervouses regarding leaving the comfort zone of College and embracing the big bad world of independence and bills. (Been there, done that - now I am just hunting a job I can stand and that pays well enough to pay off my education).