Most people buy presents they'd want themselves. A professional gift consultant charges $150 to help you avoid that mistake. Alanna Silver advises her clients on buying the perfect gift. Courtesy of Alanna Silver Alanna Silver is a professional gift consultant who helps her clients select perfect presents. She charges $150 for her services, which include sending up to 10 gift suggestions. The New Jerseyite shared her tips with Business Insider. A colleague of Alanna Silver in the HR department where they worked was stumped about what to get as a gift. Silver asked about the person she was buying for and searched for clues about their preferences before suggesting the perfect present. "My career in HR helped me figure out people's personalities and how they like to be recognized," Silver told Business Insider. It turned out that her colleague's gift was so appreciated that it led her to take on clients as a professional gift advisor with her new company, The Gift Strategist .…