I've been searching for a new job, and aside from a hand full of 'phone'
interviews, I'm having a lot of trouble locating and getting in touch with
non-HR people i.e. the people I'd actually be working for/with, to actually DO
any interviewing.

I know there are a lot of barriers, especially in the pharmaceutical quality
assurance/control area, based on food and drug safety acts and corporate
espionage. It's also not a field where there's opportunity for companies to MAKE
money. There's not a single food or drug company out there that would actually
TRY to comply with regulations if they didn't HAVE to, and almost all of them
push the limits to see how much they can 'get away with' until the next FDA
inspection. But aside from finding the names of these people and how to contact
them, what do you SAY on the phone that gets something other than a "You need to
talk to HR, I don't have time for this <click>"

I know Paul Klein's gotten job offers in fields he wasn't even qualified for,
but as I become more and more comfortable in my interviewing, rapport, and
anchoring skills, I'm finding a hard time just getting in front of people to
'interview' even if there isn't an opening. How do you get in to places like
that in the first place, especially when security and regulatory issues are a
factor?

Ideally, I'd like to have an 'informational meeting' and/or interview every
morning before work, and every afternoon after I left, even if there's no chance
I'd want the job, just to practice.

Thanks!