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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                            EMPLOYMENT OFFER LETTER

___________, 2001

Howard Schultz
9241 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75243

Dear Howard:

I am pleased to extend this offer of full time employment with The Profit
Recovery Group USA, Inc. ("PRG") as an executive officer. You will also serve as
Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Profit Recovery Group International
Inc. ("PRGX"), reporting to the Board of Directors of PRGX. This offer is
conditioned upon the closing of the acquisition of Howard Schultz & Associates
International, Inc. ("HSA-Texas") and related companies (the "Closing") and your
signing the attached Employee Agreement. The terms of this offer when accepted
by you, together with the Employee Agreement you have signed, will replace and
supersede the terms of employment that you have with HSA-Texas, effective upon
the Closing. We are very excited about your joining our organization and the
opportunities for our mutual success.

Enclosed is our new hire package, which includes the forms to be completed and
returned to my attention at the Atlanta office. Both this offer letter and
Employee Agreement must be signed prior to the Closing.

The following confirms our offer:

1.       Base Salary. Your base salary will be at the rate of $400,000 per
         annum, paid $15,384 every two weeks and pro-rated for partial years. No
         bonus will be paid.

2.       Term. The term of your employment shall commence on the date of the
         Closing ("Closing Date"), and shall continue until the second
         anniversary of the Closing Date, unless sooner terminated as
         hereinafter provided.

3.       Options. You will be granted a nonqualified option to purchase 250,000
         shares of Common Stock of PRGX at the exercise price per share equal to
         the closing sale price per share on the Closing Date as published in
         The Wall Street Journal on the business day immediately following the
         Closing Date, which option shall vest in the manner set forth in a
         separate stock option agreement entered into on the Closing Date
         between you and PRGX granted under the PRGX _________ Plan.

4.       Employee Benefits. You will be eligible for participation in PRG's
         Employee Benefits Plan, which currently offers medical, dental, life,
         short term and long term disability insurance, flexible spending
         accounts, 401(k) Savings Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. The
         effective dates for your coverage and participation in these plans have
         previously been communicated to you under separate cover and with
         respect to all insured plans, will be subject to your eligibility for
         coverage at standard rates.


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                                                                  Howard Schultz
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5.       Termination.

         (a)      This Agreement may be terminated by PRG for "cause" upon
                  delivery to you of notice of termination. As used herein,
                  "cause" shall mean (i) fraud, material dishonesty, gross
                  negligence, willful misconduct, commission of a felony or an
                  act of moral turpitude, or (ii) engaging in activities
                  prohibited by Sections 3,4,5,6 of 7 of the Employee Agreement
                  signed by you and dated as of date hereof, or any other
                  material breach of this Agreement.

         (b)      You may, without cause, terminate this Agreement by giving PRG
                  thirty (30) days' written notice in the manner specified in
                  Section 7 hereof and such termination will be effective on the
                  thirtieth (30th) day following the date of such notice or such
                  earlier date as PRG specifies.

         (c)      In the event of your Disability, physical or mental, PRG will
                  have the right, subject to all applicable laws, including
                  without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act
                  ("ADA"), to terminate your employment immediately. For
                  purposes of this Agreement, the term "Disability" shall mean
                  your inability or expected inability (or a combination of
                  both) to perform the services required of you hereunder due to
                  illness, accident or any other physical or mental incapacity
                  for an aggregate of ninety (90) days within any period of one
                  hundred eighty (180) consecutive days during which this
                  Agreement is in effect, as agreed by the parties or as
                  determined pursuant to the next sentence. If there is a
                  dispute between you and PRG as to whether a Disability exists,
                  then such issue shall be decided by a medical doctor selected
                  by PRG and a medical doctor selected by you and your legal
                  representative (or, in the event that such doctors fail to
                  agree, then in the majority opinion of such doctors and a
                  third medical doctor chosen by such doctors). Each party shall
                  pay all costs associated with engaging the medical doctor
                  selected by such party and the parties shall each pay one-half
                  (1/2) of the costs associated with engaging any third medical
                  doctor.

         (d)      In the event this Agreement is terminated, all provisions in
                  this Agreement or the Employee Agreement relating to any
                  action, including those of payment or compliance with
                  covenants, subsequent to termination shall survive such
                  termination.

         (e)      If your employment with PRG is terminated by PRG for cause or
                  if you voluntarily resign, you will receive your base salary
                  prorated through the date of termination, payable in
                  accordance with PRG's normal payroll procedure.

         (f)      If your employment with PRG is terminated by your death or
                  Retirement, you (or your legal representative in the case of
                  death) will receive base salary for the year in which such
                  termination occurs prorated through the date of such
                  termination and you will not receive any other amount in
                  respect of the year in which termination occurs or in respect
                  of any subsequent years. The prorated base salary will be in
                  accordance with PRG's normal payroll procedure and the
                  prorated bonus will be paid in a lump sum within ninety (90)
                  days after the end of the year to which it relates.

         (g)      If your employment with PRG is terminated for Disability (as
                  defined herein), you or your legal representative will receive
                  all unpaid base salary for the year in which such termination
                  occurs prorated through the date of termination with such
                  prorated base salary payable in


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                  accordance with PRG's normal payroll procedure and the
                  prorated bonus payable in a lump sum within ninety (90) days
                  after the end of the year to which it relates.

         (h)      If your employment is terminated for any reason, you will be
                  paid within sixty (60) days of termination for the value of
                  all unused vacation time which accrued during the calendar
                  year in which such termination occurs up to the date of
                  termination in accordance with the Company's policies.

6.       Successors and Assigns. You may not assign this Agreement. This
         Agreement may be assigned by PRG to any affiliate of PRG. The
         provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon your heirs and legal
         representatives.

7.       Notices. Any notice to be given under this Agreement shall be given in
         writing and may be effected by personal delivery or by placing such in
         the United States certified mail, return receipt requested and
         addressed as set forth below, or as otherwise addressed as specified by
         the parties by notice given in like manner:

                  If to PRG:        The Profit Recovery Group USA, Inc.
                                    2300 Windy Ridge Parkway
                                    Suite 100 North
                                    Atlanta, Georgia 30339-8426
                                    Attention: General Counsel

                  If to you:
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8.       Withholdings. PRG will deduct or withhold from all amounts payable to
         you pursuant to this Agreement such amount(s) as may be required
         pursuant to applicable federal, state or local news.

9.       Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Employee Agreement and such other
         documents as may be referenced by such documents (the "Referenced
         Documents"), constitute our entire agreement with respect to the
         subject matter hereof and, except as specifically provided herein or in
         the Employee Agreement and the Referenced Documents, supersedes all of
         our prior discussions, understandings and agreements. Any such prior
         agreements shall be null and void. This Agreement may not be changed
         orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against
         whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification, extension or
         discharge is sought. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and each
         and every Section and subsection hereof.


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                                                                  Howard Schultz
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Please confirm your acceptance of this offer by signing and returning both this
letter to me at your earliest convenience but in any event on or before
_____________, 2001.

                                       Best wishes,



                                       John M. Cook

Agreed:



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Howard Schultz


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