I will make this short.

Don't consider teaching as an adjunct unless you have another viable source of income, or you don't need much income.

Adjunct careers exemplify the epitome of subsistence pay (let alone benefits) (see, http://adjunct.chronicle.com/new-documentary-about-adjuncts/). You may feel that you have no choice. I get it. But there's no harm in looking/applying elsewhere.

If you are looking to get into a full-time teaching gig, and you feel you must earn your stripes by initially adjuncting, give yourself a maximum 2 to 3 years of adjuncting while looking/applying for full-time positions. After 2 years, start looking outside teaching institutions for employment. During those 2 to 3 years, try to get a class in more prestigious institutions. Put the institution on your resume ASAP, and keep applying to positions (outside of teaching) that you think you have a chance in taco bell of making.

In today's market, the philosophy of "diversity" is the clarion call of many institutions. Working in the private sector might do wonders for getting hired for that elusive full-time gig. Diversify your experience. Have you worked in the field (substantially) you are teaching? You need to.

I taught as an adjunct for 7 years. Getting "that" position where you have to work "half as less" to get "twice as much" either requires a PhD (for teaching in 4 year institutions) or the combination of getting in good with the chair+hiring committee and having a solid resume of performing what you are teaching outside of teaching institutions.

Sorry. After teaching as an adjunct for 7 years, getting rave reviews from students and faculty alike, I finally decided that I was ultimately waiting for another teacher's expiration date, and, quite frankly, my expiration date might come sooner. So, I started submitting my resume for different positions that, in some cases, I felt I had no chance in making. But, thanks be to Jesus, seriously, I got that opportunity, and boy... what a difference.

Taste the fruit people. Teaching will always be there; chairs and committee members will change. If they don't want you, their loss.