1. Recruiters have *ALWAYS* been job seekers else they never would have gotten their jobs as Recruiters….

2. While IT Consultants, of necessity, must be good at their chosen focus in IT, they are not necessarily that good at finding employment for themselves nor, necessarily, at marketing themselves. I talk to IT professionals every day whom I say to myself “If I had their skill set, I’d never be without a job or without money!”. Yet, I believe I can find better jobs for them faster than most IT Consultants who’ve been in the trenches performing their craft rather than keeping track on what’s happening in the job search field, per se.

3. And, yet, while I as an IT Recruiter may be able to find IT work for an IT Consultant faster than they themselves can, it does not necessarily translate to my being able to find employment for myself quite as rapidly as I would be able to find employment for an IT Consultant.

4. I’ve also seen IT Consultant who, while capable of delivering great sites and other types of projects for clients, would almost never be considered for an aesthetics recognition award for the sites they design for themselves.

The bottom line on this subject for me is this: almost none of us can be perfectly reflexive when it comes to guiding ourselves. Advice is the easiest thing to give to anyone but ourselves. Compound that with the inevitable stress which comes with the pressures of joblessness and one can see why even a Professonal Recruiter’s hitting average may go down when applied to themselves and/or their families. Not for nothing lawyers turn to other lawyers, doctors turn to other doctors, therapists get therapists for themselves. Likewise with Ministers who need other Ministers to pray for them and their families. And even most teachers turn to other teachers to be taught another subject – though they themselves know the fundamentals of pedagogy quite well.

So, Recruiters or not, we’re all just humans…

One client has been a very successful sales headhunter, but has seen his business shrink under the changes brought on by online recruiting sites, the economy, social media networking etc. So he decided to work as a professional speaker. There are reportedly 7,000 speaking opportunities every day in the US, so this is a very good way to increase credibility and get new income too. And it only involves teaching what you already know.

I have a group on Facebook as “betterwords” and can help you if this is interesting. In any case, good luck!