[curun1r]

If you're in the Bay Area, you might try meet-ups. There's an quite a few of them in SF [1] and most of them are hosted by companies trying to hire or are explicitly hiring events [2]. Even if the host isn't hiring, you'll find companies that are hiring by talking to people. Most will either be hiring managers or people willing to receive a referral bonus. Worst case scenario, it's free food and some interesting talks about technical subjects.

Also, make sure your online reputation looks good. LinkedIn (make sure to enumerate skills) and Github are probably the two that get me the most recruiter touches.

Best of luck!

[1] http://www.meetup.com/find/events/?allMeetups=false&keywords... [2] http://www.meetup.com/software/events/224734607/

[JSeymourATL]

> If you're in the Bay Area, you might try meet-ups.

Networking is solid advice! It's also hard to do and time consuming. Yet it often yields the best results. In addition to meetups- look for applicable conferences, workshops, trade events, etc...

It's true that most resumes (especially unsolicited ones) are completely ignored these days. Here's a good read with unconventional advice on why people buy ( this applies to hiring people) > http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75890.Little_Red_Book_of_...