Yes.  But EVERYONE is asking me to refer someone else.  That's how busy it is.  You have to get on the phone, and stay on it. Try the smaller ads, they don't tend to load up to far in advance. Or they just have a loaded schedule and don't want/need more.  There are three in town that learned under me.  They have their own businesses now, and two outgrew me.  I'm proud of them, but they're swamped and asked not to mention them. (Both asked about the same time 2-3 months ago.) The third just asked a couple weeks ago.  So work is still loading up.  Good luck finding someone.  People drop jobs at the last minute all the time so you CAN get lucky if you happen to  call at the right time.