clarification of who ISN'T a consultant (#10500)

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In addition to [full team members](#hiring-a-new-team-member), from time to time Fleet hires consultants who may work for only a handful of hours on short projects.
#### What is a consultant?
Any consultant who plans to work more than 10 hours per week for longer than 6 weeks should instead be hired as a [full team member](#hiring-a-new-team-member). That means they:
A consultant is someone who we expect to either:
- complete their relationship with the company in less than 6 weeks
- or have a longer-term relationship with the company, but never work more than 10 hours per week.
> Consultants do NOT receive company-issued laptops, do NOT receive Yubikeys, and do NOT go through training using the contributor onboarding issue.
#### Who ISN'T a consultant?
If a consultant plans to work _more_ than 10 hours per week, or for _longer_ than 6 weeks, they should instead be hired as a [full team member](#hiring-a-new-team-member).
Full team members:
- are hired using Fleet's "Hiring" issue template, including receiving a company-issued laptop and Yubikeys
- complete the entire, unabridged onboarding process in Fleet's "Onboarding" issue template
- must be offboarded
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#### Sending a consulting agreement
Consultant agreements are sent through [DocuSign](https://www.docusign.com/), using the "Consulting Agreement" template.
> The Docusign template labeled "US consulting agreement" is actually used both consultants, as well as for [full team members](#hiring-a-new-team-member) classified as contractors.
> _**Note:** The Docusign template labeled "US consulting agreement" is actually used both consultants, as well as for [full team members](#hiring-a-new-team-member) classified as contractors._
To send a new consulting agreement, you'll need the new consultant's name, the term of the service, a summary of the services provided, and the consultant's fee.
To send a US consulting agreement, you'll need the new consultant's name, the term of the service, a summary of the services provided, and the consultant's fee.
There are some defaults that we use for these agreements:
- Term: Default to one month unless otherwise discussed.
- Services rendered: Copy and paste from the [language in this doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b5SGgYEHqDmq5QF8p29WWN3it3XJh3xRT3zG0RdXARo/edit)