Recently I have been receiving a lot of inquiries via my ERE email and also directly from individual recruiters looking for a Contract Recruiter opportunity.  I?m certainly not the expert in the category of trying to find a contact position, but I guess since I write this Blog I should at least have some ideas of where and how to mount a job search for a Contract Recruiter position/job.

Usually I advise people to mount a multi-pronged search.  It?s sort of ironic how we recruiters have such a tough time when we are on the other side of the desk looking for a job instead of looking for a candidate to fill a search we are working.  What I usually try to do however, is to encourage Contract Recruiters to do all of the following:

�      Create a ?networking? plan to reach out to all of your contacts.  Utilize email, telephone, coffee and lunch meetings, and every possible way to make contact with individuals who might refer you to the final contract opportunity.

�      Review job boards and of course the ERE job postings here to watch for contract opportunities.  One great spider is www.indeed.com which pulls jobs from many sources and has a super simple search engine.  Search contract recruiter and enter a city and state.

�      Have your resume ?polished up? and current so you can respond to any opportunity immediately.

�      Post your availability to the many, many Yahoo Groups for recruiters.  There are Yahoo Groups for just about every state and city.  I also of course mention my own Yahoo Group called ContractRecruiterJobs which boasts 2600+ members and receives daily posts of contract and sourcing opportunities from companies and agencies throughout North America and sometime globally.

�      Specifically contact recruiting agencies who are known for hiring Contract Recruiters or who regularly place Contract Recruiters at corporate locations.  You can become aware of these agencies if you simply watch their job posts over time on the many job boards and Yahoo Groups.

I?m sure there are many other creative ways to find contract work.  Good luck on your Contract Recruiter Job search and send over your comments on other creative job search techniques.