Your employer has asked you to prepare a simple contract in order for your organization to hire a personal trainer to work with the employees. Although verbal contracts can be valid, a written agreement is best. You will want to be sure to include language regarding the qualifications of the trainer, the rate of pay, the start and end date, and the specific job duties. Also, don't forget to include a place for both parties to sign the agreement.

Your assignment should be written in Word and should meet the following minimum requirements:

1. 12 pt. Times New Roman
2. 1-inch margins on all sides
3. Double-spaced
4. 1–2 pages

In preparing a simple contract, reference the contracts concepts and materials in our textbook.

Use the elements of valid contract when preparing your contract.

Tips

You are on your way to learning about contracts by trying to prepare a contract by yourselves. Normally, you will want the assistance of an attorney, but we wanted you to get a feel for what it might take to put a contract together. We purposely did not want to give you too much information—we wanted you to try to figure this out on your own—this will allow you to further appreciate and understand what all goes in to making a contract. The basics of contract law were given to you in our lectures and textbook.

Try not to make this contract activity more complicated than it needs to be—I do that sometimes by mistake on tasks as well!

The Draft a Simple Contract activity is more about each student trying their hand at putting a contract together themselves, and not so much about finding an existing contract on the internet—although that could be helpful. Put yourself in the shoes of being an employee of your company—let’s say you work for Target or Kohl’s or some smaller private company. Your boss has asked you to prepare a simple contract to hire a personal trainer to work with the employees of your company—to get you guys in better physical and mental shape. Have some fun with this project—let’s say you are great friends with the personal trainer Jillian Michaels and she has agreed to train your employees! How would you draft that contract? You would not want to rely on a verbal contract, right? So then, let’s put something in writing—according to our directions—include language regarding the qualifications of the trainer, the rate of pay, the start and end date, and the specific job duties, and be sure that there is a place for both parties to sign the agreement. It will be helpful to reference the Drafting Contract resource on Findlaw.com pursuant to our instructions.

How do we handle signature lines in a contract, you might ask? Let Google be your friend—we can find instructions on how to do just about anything these days—it is just amazing. Well, let’s say you are an employee of Kohl’s, how about this for an example:

KOHL’S, INC.

____________________________ ______________________________

By: Michelle Gass Jillian Michaels

Its: Chief Executive Officer