Ok I am not sure if this even works or not and how effective it is but if you are in very competitive field and each link matters than probably its worth going for reciprocals. You can of course outsource the work to someone else do the work for you.
Make sure the links come from internal pages and instead of being it reciprocals. Also try to get it from some strong internal pages.
Link Partner Finder - from 4th media.
Find Link Partners – from zebonline
Few other tools which you may find helpful are:
Link Popularity Check (http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/default.htm)- quick and easy to use web tool from Marketleap.
Arelis Link Builder (http://www.axandra-link-popularity-tool.com/)- reciprocal links solution from Axandra/Voget Selbach Enterprises GmbH
Zeus Internet Robot (http://www.cyber-robotics.com/)- automatic reciprocal link generator and link directory creator from Cyber-robotics.
OptiLink Software (http://www.optilinksoftware.com/) is a link analysis program that reveals how top ranked pages achieved their search engine rankings.
