I'm going to talk to Kevin Kline if I can track him down. (@KEKline on Twitter, I think.) He's a serious smarty (SQL Server MVP), so his advice should be good. He's in the local SQL Server User Group (we're obscenely fortunate - in addition to Kevin, Louis Davidson and Joe Webb are here, and then there are a ton of really good SQL folks on top of that. So a typical monthly meeting has about 50-70 attendees.

Go to those if you can. Ours have several recruiters, which can sometimes be helpful (even if they can't get you a job). One told me a while back (after telling me up front that he could not get me a job) that I should go the support route, and basically work my way into SQL Server that way.