Continued: How To Get Found By Recruiters

One way is to find and follow them, to learn more about who they are and what they're looking for. Example: a search for "technical recruiter" on Twitter returned 26 profiles, while "management recruiter" produced 31. Pick a few that look interesting and follow their postings for a few days.

Meanwhile, think carefully about what to include in your Twitter Bio. Include job titles and other terms that make your name pop up for the right searches. "Be very task-oriented about the specific job you're after, which will determine what you post and how you respond to others," advises Tavis Hudson, a recruiter at Technical Resources, in Chanhassen, Minn.

"I've met more than 20 candidates in person after first developing a relationship with them on Twitter, and one of them is interviewing right now for a software-related position," says Hudson.

I suggest you try Twitter for 30 days with a specific goal, like arranging a phone call with at least one recruiter or networking meetings with at least two people who work at your target employers.

2) Get a Personal Referral

There are other, less technical ways to find a recruiter. Like referrals from live humans, for example.

Who among your friends and family is looking for a job now? You probably know at least one person who could recommend a recruiter.

That's how one man from Wisconsin got hired by a Fortune 500 firm in St. Paul – the recruiter who introduced him to the job was referred by his wife!

"Tom was a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer who came to me after we placed his wife in an office management role. They wanted to relocate to the Twin Cities to be closer to family," says Annie Jenstad, a recruiter for Doherty Staffing Solutions, in Edina, Minn.

While Jenstad had no suitable openings for Tom, she did find a job posting that looked promising, on a small, niche Web site.

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