Take the first and most important step. Go the main pages of this site and read all the articles you can on recruiting etc.
Bob has put together a wonderful series of articles that cover about everything you could possible imagine. They take a bit of time to read but actually reading through them will give you so much more information than having one of us give you the cliff notes version.
Take things into your own hands from day one, you get better results. Once you do that - come back to the message board if you have specific questions.
Good luck.