{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-specialized-french-consulting-market", "type": "agent", "name": "French consulting market advisor", "summary": "Plan your daily rate (TJM) in the French IT consulting market: ESN margins, take-home by billing set-up, platforms and a negotiation plan.", "headline": "French consulting market advisor", "subhead": "For IT freelancers who sell to French consulting firms (ESN) or their clients. Give your specialty, billing set-up and the daily rate you are weighing. You get a take-home comparison, a channel plan, negotiation prep and contract points to check with a French accountant.", "job": { "id": "sell-and-negotiate", "name": "Sell and negotiate" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "document", "required": false, "label": "Document", "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "plan", "required": true, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" } ], "you_give": [ "Your specialty and years of experience, such as \"Salesforce architect, 10 years\".", "Where you work from: Paris, another French city or abroad.", "Your billing set-up, or the ones you are weighing, such as portage salarial, micro-entreprise, SASU or EURL.", "The daily rate (TJM) you charge now or want, and any offer you have been given.", "Your monthly costs and how many days you can bill in a month.", "A mission offer or contract, pasted as text (optional)", "Your charge rates from your accountant (optional)" ], "you_get": [ "A take-home table: client price, firm margin, your gross rate and what you keep in each billing set-up", "Where your rate sits for your specialty, and how a narrow niche can change it", "A channel plan: which firms and platforms to try first, with the trade-off of each", "Negotiation prep with your floor rate, what to ask for besides rate and replies to common pushback", "Contract points to check, if you pasted a contract", "A list of points to confirm with your French accountant" ], "use_when": [ "You are quoting a daily rate for a French mission and do not know how much the firm keeps.", "You are choosing between portage salarial, micro-entreprise and your own company and want the take-home side by side.", "An ESN offered you a rate and you want to counter with reasons.", "You live outside France and want to sell IT consulting into the French market." ], "skip_when": [ "You need tax, social-charge or employment-status advice. Take the questions to a French accountant (expert-comptable) or lawyer.", "You are looking for a fixed-salary job (CDI) rather than freelance work. This plans freelance rates only.", "You are not selling IT or consulting work in France. Use the Negotiation prep coach for a general deal, or the Pricing analyst to price a product.", "You want a contract written or checked clause by clause. Use the Contract and proposal drafter, then have a lawyer review it.", "You want to prepare for one named negotiation call. Use the Negotiation call prep planner." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "Your specialty, experience and where you work from", "Your billing set-up and the daily rate (TJM) you charge or want", "Your monthly costs and the days you can bill in a month", "A mission offer or contract, pasted as text (optional)" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that can read pasted text, and French if your contract is in French" ], "output": [ { "name": "Your situation", "contains": "Your profile and rate as the AI understood them, and what is missing." }, { "name": "Take-home comparison", "contains": "What you keep per day and per month in each billing set-up, with the charge rates used." }, { "name": "Rate position", "contains": "Where your rate sits for your specialty and what a narrower niche could change." }, { "name": "Channel plan", "contains": "Firms and platforms to try, with the fee or margin, the trade-off and the order." }, { "name": "Negotiation prep", "contains": "Your floor rate, what to ask for besides rate and replies to pushback." }, { "name": "Contract flags", "contains": "Clauses to question, such as non-compete, payment terms and renewal." }, { "name": "Timing note", "contains": "When in the year French clients tend to hire, as a rule of thumb." }, { "name": "Questions for your accountant or lawyer", "contains": "Points the AI cannot settle, with what to confirm." } ] }, "output_shape": "YOUR SITUATION\n | | | | MISSING \n\nTAKE-HOME COMPARISON\n | Gross daily rate | Charges | Net per day | Net per month \n\nRATE POSITION\n | | \n\nCHANNEL PLAN\n | | | | \n\nNEGOTIATION PREP\n Floor | Ask for besides rate | Pushback -> \n\nCONTRACT FLAGS\n | | | \n\nTIMING NOTE\n