Day 64 Log

Heard from a contact I met with a month ago, a position I had been hoping for ended up being "filled from within", which is too bad, this sounded like a great opportunity and I was very excited by it. But the email I got saying it was a no-go, also had the possibility of a short term contracting gig with a larger company. I think I could be happy with a short term gig right now, so we'll see how that works out.
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The market continues to be very slow. A search on dice for "Database and not oracle and not db2" selecting "Search job title only", within 20 miles of my location, posted in the last 7 days has 18 responses, of those, 12 are for the same position, 3 I have already applied for, and 3 are looking for a specific skill I don't have.
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I contacted my contact at a firm I spoke with early in search, I asked about a position that I saw on Dice and came to find out it was a position I had already been submitted for, however I was told about a new opportunity which had just come up with a bigger employer in the area. I'm going to be submitted soon.