User Oriented Consulting Agreement

The consulting agreement is an agreement between a consultant and a client who wishes to retain certain specified services of the consultant for a specified time at a specified rate of compensation.

The market rate is the average price and range of pricing a typical customer will pay for your type of consulting service. If the average business consultant charges and receives $100 per hour, than the market rate is likely between $50 to $150 per hour.

Full names and titles of the people with whom you're doing business. Be sure they're all spelled correctly. Project objectives. Detailed description of the project. List of responsibilities. Fees. Timeline. Page numbers.

To calculate your consulting hourly rate, determine what salary you'd like to make. Take that number and divide it by 52 (number of working weeks), then again by 40 (number of hours in each week). And finfally, take that number and mark it up by 25 to 50 percent.

Protect yourself: Put your guidelines in writing -- and stick by them. Have a very clear discussion laying out your professional boundaries and ask your client to do the same. Come to an understanding about working hours and response times and agree on how you will schedule calls, meetings, and Skype sessions.

Consultant agreements are important because they outline what work will be done, as well as the terms of the agreement between the client and the consultant. A consultant agreement should be detailed and include compensation terms, contract termination, intellectual property ownership and confidentiality agreements.

The consulting agreement is an agreement between a consultant and a client who wishes to retain certain specified services of the consultant for a specified time at a specified rate of compensation.

Full names and titles of the people with whom you're doing business. Be sure they're all spelled correctly. Project objectives. Detailed description of the project. List of responsibilities. Fees. Timeline. Page numbers.