I don’t trade stocks. I don’t have a 401K. I get a bi-weekly paycheck from my part-time job that keeps me from having to ask my parents for spending money while I’m on the job search.  I just got hired and Banana Republic hasn’t announced job cuts to their sales support team.  Does the economy effect me? Not in these ways.

But…

The lack of career-starting jobs in media and journalism has decreased in the last month or so, as evidenced by the number of online media job posts on Mediabistro.com.  Before all of this stock market nastiness, there was a steady number of job openings to look at, around 500 nationwide.  That number now has dropped to 328 as of today.  Three hundred twenty eight job postings you say?! That’s plenty of opportunities! Quit your whining and get to work!  Well, yes. It should be easy.  But the reality is that “easy” means moving.  I’m a two-time world traveler! I shouldn’t be afraid to move!  The more and more that number of available jobs sinks, the more enticing a new start in a new place will become.