Consulting CompaniesMy resume was submitted by a consulting company to X company. I went to X company for an interview and they want to hire me. The benefits that the consulting company offered me will not work for me. Is it possible for another consulting company with better benefits to submit my resume to the same company? I have not signed any paperwork. Or do I need to work with the other consulting company and forget about the position at X company? With no disrespect intended, rather than guess what you actually mean, could you re-state your question differently? Are you talking about a recruiting firm when you write "consulting company?" Why would the benefits offered by the "consulting company" have anything to do with the benefits offered by company X? Why would another consulting company's benefits have any relationship to the benefits offered by X? I just don't quite understand your question! Paul W. Barada The Negotiation Expert I think you're talking about a contract-type position here, right? Where you are the employee of the consulting firm, and Company X is their client. You will be either working on site at X, or working 100% of your time for X while on site at the consulting firm. If this is correct, then it's not likely you can be submitted to X by any other agency. Once you go to the interview under their auspices, you are "theirs." They may have an arrangement that even if you don't work the deal with them, if you go through another agency/consulting firm, they (the original submitting entity) get paid by Company X anyway. If the benefits don't suit you, then try to negotiate a higher pay rate to offset that. This is done very often in the contract/consulting business. If you end up with more cash in your pocket, you use that to cover whatever benefit's the consulting agency's package don't cover. Many of these agencies will take a cut in their commission to give you more money, if they are already maxed out at the client firm's top rate. Or, the client company, if they really, really want you, might kick up the rate to the agency. But, if there are other qualified candidates, you might find that those folks are called in for interviews. that is correct, it is a consulting company where I would be working at the client site and getting paid 100%by the consulting company. Thank you for your reply. I am currently working full-time and don't need the job, but it is a job that I am really, really interested in. I will negotiate with the consulting company. I agree with Anne Marie on this one. Your best, and probably your only course of action is to negotiate directly with the consulting company. If I were you, I'd just be honest about the inadequacy of their benefit package and see if their offer is negotiable. You're in an ideal position to negotiate since, as you noted, you don't have to take this job. By the same token, I don't think you can work for company X by "signing up" with another consulting firm, particularly since you've already been to an interview with company X. Paul W. Barada The Negotiation Expert | |
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