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Great advice above already. One thing worth adding to Chuck's passive recruitment idea specifically: once you start collecting names from posters or day workers who've helped before, even a simple running list (name, phone number, what they're good at, last time they worked with you, whether they said yes or no last time you called) saves a lot of headache down the line.
The reason: without that, every time a job gets too big, you're starting from zero again, trying to remember who was reliable, who flaked, who's even still available. A basic spreadsheet or even just organized notes in your phone turns day workers, hit or miss into I know exactly who to call first based on who's actually shown up before.
Doesn't need to be fancy, just needs to exist somewhere other than memory. Nanasue