IT Gurus — Tech Trek: Search for Stars

But tapping into social networking sites, he warns, can be tricky. "You have to be savvy. You can't just jump in there and try to recruit someone. There's camaraderie between techies. When you become a comrade, you're accepted, and they'll listen to you. You can't go in there with guns blazing."

Regan says niche Websites can work a lot better than the big e-employment services like Monster or Career Builder because, often times, IT people won't use those Websites to look for jobs because they don't want to be bombarded by potential em-ployers.