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Gen­er­a­tion X, the gen­er­a­tion I am a part of, grew up in a world of immin­ent nuc­lear dis­aster and high unemployment.

The jobs we wanted were filled with the vast hordes of baby­boomers: still in the work­force, pro­tec­ted by strict employ­ment laws.

Gen­er­a­tion Y, the topic of many ‘social net­work­ing’ [eye­balls, and there­fore marketing-types] are enter­ing a world were jobs are more plen­ti­ful; and will con­tinue to choose their own jobs.

A down­side is a tax bur­den they will have keep­ing the older generation

There are many social impacts with these changes.

One con­cern us Gen­er­a­tion Xers have with online per­so­nas and pro­files is the impact of poten­tial neg­at­ive pic­tures and posts being used by poten­tial employ­ers. In the future, the power will lie in the hands of the employees.