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CY - 30 Mar 2004 06:47 GMT

I am a classroom trainer for beginner and intermediate level end users on
Excel (and other MS packages). I have a student that is asking for one on
one training at her home and I have no idea what to charge her for that.
Has any body ever done such a thing?

Thanks for any advice (sorry for being a bit OT).

CY

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JE McGimpsey - 30 Mar 2004 07:06 GMT

> I am a classroom trainer for beginner and intermediate level end users on
> Excel (and other MS packages). I have a student that is asking for one on
> one training at her home and I have no idea what to charge her for that.
> Has any body ever done such a thing?
>
> Thanks for any advice (sorry for being a bit OT).

For me, that would depend on two things:

1) as a baseline, what your minimum charge is for a class (i.e., do you
have a minimum of x students per class normally, so that you can expect
a minimum of $y?), and

2) how much other work do you have, and how hungry are you?

I'd then start with $y and then give a discount for hunger.

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CY - 31 Mar 2004 21:26 GMT

This is where I struggle...I work for someone else. While I am not allowed
to "solicit" work through the classroom, there is nothing in my contract
that says I may not accept work if it is offered. I get paid $20 an hour
for what I do for this company, but one on one training is very specialized
and I would think I should charge more. However, I don't want to outprice
myself (I am hungry!). Any advice?

> > I am a classroom trainer for beginner and intermediate level end users on
> > Excel (and other MS packages). I have a student that is asking for one on
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> I'd then start with $y and then give a discount for hunger.

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JE McGimpsey - 01 Apr 2004 06:19 GMT

> This is where I struggle...I work for someone else. While I am not allowed
> to "solicit" work through the classroom, there is nothing in my contract
> that says I may not accept work if it is offered. I get paid $20 an hour
> for what I do for this company, but one on one training is very specialized
> and I would think I should charge more. However, I don't want to outprice
> myself (I am hungry!). Any advice?

Other than try to see if you can determine the going rate in your area,
not much.

Successful pricing has little to do with what you earn as an employee.
It has a lot to do with how much the client is willing to pay for
private lessons - 2 or more times what they were willing to pay for
group lessons may not be unreasonable.

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Don Guillett - 30 Mar 2004 13:44 GMT

I'd be careful about that situation. It could be compromising.

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> I am a classroom trainer for beginner and intermediate level end users on
> Excel (and other MS packages). I have a student that is asking for one on
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> CY

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Bernard V Liengme - 30 Mar 2004 16:02 GMT

I agree with Don: never give private lessons to a member of you class. Can
lead to too many complications.
Bernard

> I am a classroom trainer for beginner and intermediate level end users on
> Excel (and other MS packages). I have a student that is asking for one on
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> CY

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CY - 30 Mar 2004 16:11 GMT

Why? I work for some one else who pays me $20 to do the classes regardless
of the # of students, so it's not really a conflict of interests is it???

> I agree with Don: never give private lessons to a member of you class. Can
> lead to too many complications.
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> > CY

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JE McGimpsey - 30 Mar 2004 16:21 GMT

I'd think that as long as your employer doesn't mind (you don't want to
be accused of cherry picking, and if you have an employment agreement,
you may have legal restrictions), there should be no problem at all.

> Why? I work for some one else who pays me $20 to do the classes regardless
> of the # of students, so it's not really a conflict of interests is it???

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JE McGimpsey - 30 Mar 2004 16:18 GMT

As long as you have your employer's consent if you're not an independent
trainer, what complications? As long as the student is an adult, or a
minor with their parents at home, I don't see any.

> I agree with Don: never give private lessons to a member of you class. Can
> lead to too many complications.

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