I've basically spammed every person I know for months. In person, in email, on Twitter, on LinkedIn... it doesn't matter, I ask all the time. If that doesn't wo

I've basically spammed every person I know for months. In person, in email, on Twitter, on LinkedIn... it doesn't matter, I ask all the time. If that doesn't work, I find companies that are going under and then use LinkedIn to find employees there and go on the attack. Sadly, professional recruiters (who are taking upwards of 20% of the first year salary at this point)... are far better than I am at it (which is why I've retained a few). At this point though, I'd probably be willing to offer anyone a 20% referral fee (~$20-30k) for a top-notch iOS developer.