I agree with that. I find it best to just update your resume online via Dice, Indeed, Linkedin and a few others. Then the phone calls and emails start to roll in.

Right from the start, ask all of the recruiters what is their salary range or contract rate. No matter what they respond with, tell them you already make more than that and you are not interested in leaving your current position. Then they respond with something closer to the higher end of their salary range or their contract rate maximum.

I have found:

- There is always $5-$10 more per hour in a contract rate above what they initially propose.

- There is always another $10,000 per year in salary above what they initially propose.

It took us 6 months to find a MS SQL Server DBA for a position we had open last year. That is why salaries are going up 6% to 10% year over year.