Hiring a Technical Recruiter

Most of the time, people are there for free food and drink more than trying to actively find somewhere to work. If you do try this approach, i'd recommend focusing on technical meet ups. The final thing you could try here is hosting mets ups at your own your own office. It's a it hasn't worked for us for hiring, but it is a good way to just meet and build a network of good engineers that could come in valuable at some point in the future.