I think it's probably best to split the job search into two bits.
a) The bit where some recruiter is looking through CV's.
b) The bit when you talk to the gaffer.
I agree with the 'drop everything off a cv' line. Most recruiters have at best a basic understanding of IT buzzwords and next to no IQ. Keep it simple, sell yourself as the answer to the problem and save the interesting chat about what you did in 1987 for more important people.
a) The bit where some recruiter is looking through CV's. b) The bit when you talk to the gaffer.
I agree with the 'drop everything off a cv' line. Most recruiters have at best a basic understanding of IT buzzwords and next to no IQ. Keep it simple, sell yourself as the answer to the problem and save the interesting chat about what you did in 1987 for more important people.