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I know they sometime get a bad reputation, but have you tried contacting a good recruiter in your area?

They will help you with your resume and find you potential contracts (as long as you can pass an interview).

Yes, they will take their cut (18 to 33%), but if you never been a subcontractor, it could be a good way to start.

I've talked to a few agencies over the years but it's never panned out, they'd have jobs for different technologies than I knew or they wanted 10 years experience for what I did know.

Can you point me to a blog post or some source of information on how to find recruiters and what to expect? I'm great at finding information about technical problems but with this I don't know where to start. Should I be sending out 10 resumes a day to anybody that comes up in a google search? Do recruiters list themselves somewhere so they're easy to find?

Well, in my case the firm approached me through LinkedIn with an offer that was relevant. I came into their office, we reviewed my resume and had my interview set for two days later.

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