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It's been a long week, but the last couple of weeks have probably been the best weeks of my job search thus far. I have 3 active leads that I'm working on - two of which may become offers, and the other is still what I like to call a 'budding lead'.

One of the active leads is with this company called Returnpath in Boulder, CO. With this position I would make about 40k/yr on a 6mo contract job as a Unix Systems Administrator. As far as this job goes, I have already phone interviewed with them and I'm basically on the short list of candidates that they are considering making an offer to when the junior position opens up. Right now they are interviewing senior people to get on board and they are looking to ramp up their hiring efforts when Q2 rolls around. This would be around March or April. They may still make an offer to me at that time, but we shall see.

The second active lead is with a company called ITX in Fort Collins, CO. This is a position for a Software Developer, and here I would make 45k/yr on a 6mo-1yr contract. I have also interviewed with this company, and I was able to make it to the second round of interviews which will be the point at which they may make an offer. I've submitted some of my source code I had written in class to them, and if they made an offer it would be to start anytime between now and May. That interview should take place soon (possibly next week), but they are trying to get their more senior people on board first before the junior developers.

As for the 'budding lead' that I was referring to, this is with a company called CGI in Denver, CO. This position is for a Java Developer, and they would pay 52k/yr. This is also a permanent position (not a contract position). Some of the benefits they offer are 4 weeks of paid vacation, unlimited sick days, relocation assistance, as well as medical, dental, and vision. The only potential drawback (or it could turn out to be an advantage) is that I would be traveling 50% of the time. This would mean I could spend like a month in Denver, fly to Des Moines, IA for a couple weeks, come back to Denver for awhile, and then take another trip like to Los Angeles, CA. There is a lot of travel with this company but it would all be paid for. I call this lead a 'budding lead' because I haven't actually interviewed with them yet, but I have spoken with the recruiter and they may be in touch. So it's not a sure thing, but it would be an awesome position. They are hiring 3-4 college grads so I'm hoping I make it to an interview with them. They may contact me in a few days if they decide to go through with it.

All three of these leads have cropped up in the last 2-3 weeks, so I am hopeful of my efforts, and I should expect to see results soon.