CLK...try getting a local operator to let you do some ICUS.(You may have to pay for this) but it is a good way to start getting to know the operators...and vice versa.
Prove to them that you are a good and professional pilot, and you never know where it may end up!
Redsnail and Bendo are right about instructing hours not being worth much(unless you have m/e T/A), infact some regionals take instructing hours off your total....and then say you don't meet minimums!
They are also right about needing basically 500 m/e command ... although hard to get, they put you so far ahead of every other instructor when it comes to the job market.
BUT do not fly an aircraft that is unsafe!!!!I know of one bloke was getting free icus on an AEROSTAR.....told the company he would never jump in one of their aircraft ever again....even if they paid him!!
Sorry...I've rabbited on for long enough...good luck!