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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                 SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

         This Seventh Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement ("Seventh
Amendment") is made as of December 10, 1999 by and among PROVANT, Inc. (the
"Borrower"), a Delaware business corporation having its principal place of
business at 67 Batterymarch Street, Suite 500, Boston, Massachusetts 02110,
Fleet National Bank, a national banking association ("Fleet"), BankBoston, N.A.,
a national banking association ("BankBoston"), Norwest Bank Iowa, N.A., a
national banking association ("Norwest"), Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, a
Massachusetts banking corporation and the successor to State Street Bank and
Trust Company ("Citizens"), KeyBank National Association, a national banking
association ("KeyBank" and, together with Fleet, BankBoston, Norwest and
Citizens, the "Banks"), and Fleet National Bank, as agent for itself and the
other Banks (the "Agent").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent previously entered into
that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 8, 1998, as modified
and amended by the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments
thereto (said Revolving Credit Agreement, as so amended prior to the date
hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Banks have made available
to the Borrower a revolving credit loan facility having a maximum available
borrowing amount of $80,000,000; and

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto now desire to further amend or modify the
Credit Agreement in certain respects in order to (i) increase the total
Commitment thereunder from $80,000,000 to $105,000,000, and (ii) allocate the
additional Commitment amount between Norwest and KeyBank (KeyBank being a new
Bank), all as more particularly set forth hereinbelow.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto hereby agree to modify and amend certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement, as follows:

         Section 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the respective meanings provided therefor in the Credit
Agreement.

         Section 2. Amendment of Specific Provisions. The following specific
provisions of the Credit Agreement are hereby modified and amended:

                  (a) In the definition of "Commitment" in Section 1.1, the
                      schedule that identifies the Banks and each Bank's
                      Commitment and Commitment Percentage shall be set forth on
                      a new Schedule I attached hereto, which shall replace the
                      existing Schedule I to the Credit Agreement;

                  (b) In the definition of "Total Commitment" appearing in
                      Section 1.1, the stated dollar amount from and after the
                      date hereof shall be $105,000,000 rather than $80,000,000;
                      and

                  (c) KeyBank shall be deemed a "Bank" for all purposes under
                      the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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         Section 3. Confirmation of Stock Pledge Agreement. The parties hereto
agree that all references to the "Credit Agreement" contained in the Stock
Pledge Agreement and all Supplements thereto shall mean or refer to the Credit
Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Seventh Amendment and as it may be
further amended, supplemented, modified and restated and in effect from time to
time, including without limitation any such amendment, supplement, modification
or restatement which increases the amount of Indebtedness owing by the Borrower
thereunder.

         Section 4. Loan Documents Ratified and Confirmed. The Credit Agreement,
the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically supplemented or
amended by this Seventh Amendment and the other documents executed in connection
herewith, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby
in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Security Documents and all of the collateral described therein
do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all obligations under the Loan
Documents, in each case as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Seventh
Amendment.

         Section 5. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Seventh Amendment shall
become effective only upon completion of the following actions: (i) the issuance
by the Borrower on the date hereof of a Note, substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit A-1 hereto (which shall be a Revolving Credit Note for purposes of
the Credit Agreement), to reflect the new Commitment of KeyBank as set forth in
Schedule I hereto; (ii) the issuance by the Borrower on the date hereof of a
replacement Note, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A-2 hereto, to
reflect the upward adjustment to the Commitment of Norwest as set forth in
Schedule I hereto (which shall also be a Revolving Credit Note for purposes of
the Credit Agreement), and (ii) the execution and delivery to the Agent of an
Amendment and Confirmation of Guaranty, dated the date hereof and substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, by each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries
which is a Guarantor.

         Section 6. Bringdown. The Borrower hereby confirms that all
representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and any Subsidiaries
contained in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and in
any other certificate or document delivered in connection therewith are true and
correct as of the date hereof, and that no Default or Event of Default is
outstanding or would be created by the consummation of the transactions
described herein.

         Section 7.  Fees, Costs and Expenses.

         (a)      In connection with the execution of this Seventh Amendment,
                  the Borrower shall pay (i) a Closing Fee of $10,000 to Norwest
                  to reflect the increase in its Commitment, and (ii) a Closing
                  Fee of $40,000 to reflect KeyBank's new Commitment.

         (b)      In addition to the foregoing closing fees, the Borrower agrees
                  to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the
                  Agent and the Banks, including without limitation all
                  reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, in connection with
                  the preparation, execution and delivery of this Seventh
                  Amendment and the other documents and instruments to be
                  delivered herewith.

         Section 8. Miscellaneous. This Seventh Amendment may be executed in
several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which
when executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together
shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Seventh Amendment, it shall not
be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by
the party

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against whom enforcement is sought. This Seventh Amendment is intended to take
effect as a sealed instrument and shall for all purposes be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(excluding the laws applicable to conflicts or choice of law).

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh
Amendment to be duly executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first
above written.

                                 PROVANT, INC.

                                 By: /s/ Rajiv Bhatt
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                                      Title:  Executive Vice President

                                 BANKBOSTON, N.A.

                                 By:  /s/ James Lau
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                                      Title: Vice President

                                 CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS

                                 By: /s/ Suzanne L. Dwyer
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                                      Title: Vice President

                                 FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                 By: /s/ Michael J. Bassick
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                                      Title: Assistant Vice President

                                 KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                 By:  Victor C. Levesque
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                                      Title:  Vice President

                                 NORWEST BANK IOWA, N.A.

                                 By: /s/ Robert S. Gagne
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                                      Title: Vice President

                                 FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as AGENT

                                 By: /s/ Michael J. Bassick
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                                      Title:  Assistant Vice President

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into effective as of October 8, 1999
by and between PROVANT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including, for purposes of
Sections 5(c) and (d), 8, 9, 10 and 13(a), its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
the "Company"), and Curtis M. Uehlein, of Marietta, Georgia (the "Executive").

         In consideration of the mutual promises, terms, provisions and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree as follows:

        1.        EMPLOYMENT.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, the Company hereby offers and the Executive hereby accepts
employment.

        2.        TERM. Subject to earlier termination as hereafter provided,
the Executive's employment hereunder shall be for a term of three (3) years,
commencing as of the date hereof (the "Effective Date"). The term of this
Agreement, as from time to time extended or renewed, is hereafter referred to as
"the term of this Agreement" or "the term hereof." The Executive shall commence
providing services for the Company thirty (30) days from the date hereof or on
such earlier date as shall be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the
Executive.

        3.        CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE.

                  (a) During the term hereof, the Executive shall serve as
         President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In addition, and
         without further compensation, the Executive shall serve as a director
         of the Company and an officer and/or director of one or more of the
         Company's subsidiaries if so elected or appointed from time to time.
         The Company agrees to nominate the Executive for election to the Board
         of Directors of the Company (the "Board") at the next regularly
         scheduled meeting of the Board following the Effective Date.

                  (b) During the term hereof, the Executive shall be employed by
         the Company on a full-time basis and shall have all powers and duties
         consistent with his position as the President and Chief Operating
         Officer of the Company reporting to and subject to the direction and
         control of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Board, and
         shall perform such other duties and responsibilities on behalf of the
         Company and its subsidiaries as may reasonably be designated from time
         to time by the Board consistent with the position of President and
         Chief Operating Officer.
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                  (c) During the term hereof, the Executive shall devote
         substantially all of his full business time and his best efforts,
         business judgment, skill and knowledge to the advancement of the
         business and interests of the Company and to the discharge of his
         duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Executive shall not engage
         in any other business activity or serve in any industry, trade,
         professional, governmental or academic position during the term of this
         Agreement, except as may be expressly approved in advance by the Board
         in writing or to the extent that any such activity or service does not
         materially and adversely affect the discharge of his duties and
         responsibilities hereunder.

                  (d) The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he shall be
         located at the Company's principal office, currently in Boston,
         Massachusetts.

        4. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS. As compensation for all services performed
by the Executive under and during the term hereof and subject to performance of
the Executive's duties and obligations, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise:

                  (a) BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay the Executive a base
         salary at the rate of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per
         annum, payable monthly ("Base Salary").

                  (b) BONUS COMPENSATION. The Executive shall receive a bonus of
         Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) for the fiscal year ended
         June 30, 2000. The Executive shall have the opportunity to receive an
         additional bonus of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) for the year ended
         June 30, 2000 and annual bonuses of up to fifty percent (50%) of Base
         Salary for each subsequent fiscal year, in each case upon achievement
         of goals to be agreed upon by the Executive and the Compensation
         Committee of the Board. Bonus goals and objectives shall be consistent
         with the bonus goals and objectives of other senior executives of the
         Company. All bonuses shall be paid at such time as bonuses are
         regularly paid to senior executives of the Company.

                  (c) STOCK OPTIONS. The Executive shall receive a non-qualified
         stock option to purchase two hundred twenty-five thousand (225,000)
         shares of Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to the
         closing price for shares of Common Stock of the Company as reported on
         Nasdaq on the Effective Date, the fair market value of a share of the
         Company's Common Stock on the date the Executive accepted employment.
         This option shall be exercisable in equal annual installments over the
         three-year period from the date of grant provided that the Executive is
         in the employ of the Company on the exercise date (subject to the
         provisions of Section 6 hereof) and shall otherwise contain terms and
         conditions consistent with the terms and conditions of options
         regularly granted to senior

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         executives of the Company and the Company's 1998 Equity Incentive Plan.
         The Company's Chief Executive Officer shall recommend to the
         Compensation Committee of the Board that for fiscal years beginning
         July 1, 2000, the Executive will receive additional stock options for
         more than one hundred thousand (100,000) shares of the Company's Common
         Stock based upon continued satisfactory job performance.

                  (d) VACATIONS. During the term hereof, the Executive shall be
         entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation per annum, to be taken at such
         times and intervals as shall be determined by the Executive, subject to
         the reasonable business needs of the Company. Vacation time shall not
         cumulate from year to year.

                  (e) OTHER BENEFITS. During the term hereof and subject to any
         contribution therefor generally required of employees of the Company,
         the Executive shall be entitled to participate in any and all employee
         benefit plans from time to time in effect for employees of the Company
         generally, except to the extent such plans are in a category of benefit
         (including, without limitation, bonus compensation and severance
         compensation) otherwise provided to the Executive. Such participation
         shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan documents,
         (ii) generally applicable Company policies and (iii) the discretion of
         the Board or any administrative or other committee provided for in or
         contemplated by such plan. The Company may alter, modify, add to or
         delete any of the employee benefit plans maintained for its employees
         generally at any time as it, in its sole judgment, determines to be
         appropriate, without recourse by the Executive. A summary of the
         Company's employee benefit plans has been provided to the Executive.

                  (f) BUSINESS EXPENSES. The Company shall pay or reimburse the
         Executive for all reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred
         or paid by the Executive in the performance of his duties and
         responsibilities hereunder, subject to any maximum annual limit and
         other reasonable restrictions on such expenses set by the Board and to
         such reasonable substantiation and documentation as may be specified by
         the Company from time to time consistent with the requirements imposed
         on other senior executives of the Company.

                  (g) RELOCATION. The Company shall pay the relocation expenses
         of the Executive and his family to relocate to the Boston,
         Massachusetts area and shall introduce the Executive to real estate
         brokers and other professionals to assist the Executive and his family
         in obtaining home in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The Executive
         shall receive such other relocation benefits as have been agreed upon
         by the Executive and the Company's Chief Financial Officer as set forth
         in a separate letter.

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        5. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERANCE BENEFITS. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall
terminate prior to the expiration of the term hereof under the following
circumstances and under the circumstances set forth in Section 6:

                  (a)      DEATH. In the event of the Executive's death during
         the term hereof, the Executive's employment hereunder shall immediately
         and automatically terminate. In that event, the Company shall pay to
         the Executive's designated beneficiary or, if no beneficiary has been
         designated by the Executive, to his estate, any earned and unpaid Base
         Salary, prorated through the date of his death.

                  (b)      DISABILITY.

                           (i) The Company may terminate the Executive's
                  employment hereunder, upon notice to the Executive, in the
                  event that the Executive becomes disabled during his
                  employment hereunder through any illness, injury, accident or
                  condition of either a physical or psychological nature and, as
                  a result, is unable to perform substantially all of his duties
                  and responsibilities hereunder for ninety (90) days during any
                  period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive calendar
                  days. Upon such termination, the Executive shall be entitled
                  to receive severance benefits as provided in Section 5(d)
                  reduced by disability income benefits received by the
                  Executive under any disability plan provided by the Company.

                          (ii) The Board may designate another employee to act
                  in the Executive's place during any period of the Executive's
                  disability. Notwithstanding any such designation, the
                  Executive shall continue to receive the Base Salary in
                  accordance with Section 4(a) and his other benefits pursuant
                  to Section 4(e), to the extent permitted by the then-current
                  terms of the applicable benefit plans, until the Executive
                  becomes eligible for disability income benefits under any
                  disability income plan provided by the Company or until the
                  termination of his employment, whichever shall first occur.

                         (iii) If any question shall arise as to whether, during
                  any period, the Executive is disabled through any illness,
                  injury, accident or condition of either a physical or
                  psychological nature such that he is unable to perform
                  substantially all of his duties and responsibilities
                  hereunder, the Executive may, and at the request of the
                  Company shall, submit to a medical examination by a physician
                  selected by the Company to whom the Executive or his duly
                  appointed guardian, if any, has no reasonable objection, to
                  determine whether the Executive is so disabled, and such
                  determination shall for the purposes of this Agreement be
                  conclusive of the issue. If such question shall arise and the

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                  Executive shall fail to submit to such medical examination,
                  the Company's determination of the issue shall be binding on
                  the Executive.

                  (c) BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE. The Company may terminate the
         Executive's employment hereunder for Cause at any time upon notice to
         the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such
         Cause. The following, as determined by the Board in its reasonable and
         good faith judgment, shall constitute Cause for termination: (i)
         conviction in a court of law of any felony or a plea of nolo contendere
         to such an offense, (ii) commission of any act involving theft,
         embezzlement, fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude which act relates to
         or otherwise has an adverse effect (including through publicity) on the
         Company, (iii) material breach of any of the material provisions of
         this Agreement (other than breaches of the nature described in clause
         (iv) below) or of any other material agreement between the Executive
         and the Company, or (iv) repeated and consistent willful misconduct or
         dereliction of duty in the performance of his duties under this
         Agreement, or repeated and consistent failure to be present at work
         (other than by reason of illness or disability), which conduct or
         failure continues for more than thirty (30) days after notice given to
         the Executive, such notice to set forth in reasonable detail the nature
         of such conduct or failure. Before the Executive is terminated for
         Cause, he shall be given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be
         heard. Upon the giving of notice of termination of the Executive's
         employment hereunder for Cause, the Company shall not have any further
         obligation or liability to the Executive, other than for Base Salary
         earned and unpaid, accrued vacation time and unreimbursed business
         expenses outstanding at the date of termination.

                  (d) SEVERANCE PAYMENTS. If the Executive's employment is
terminated by the Company other than for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled,
subject to the immediately following sentence, to receive as a severance benefit
periodic payments in an amount equal to his Base Salary in effect at the date of
such expiration divided by the number of payroll periods per year then
applicable to executives of the Company (hereinafter, "Severance Payments"), for
a period equal to the period of his covenant not to compete as set forth in
Section 8. In addition, he shall be deemed to have remained in the employ of the
Company for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of such
termination for purposes of the stock option granted to him pursuant to Section
4(c) in order to determine the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company
as to which such stock option is exercisable. The Executive's rights to receive
Severance Payments and additional employment credit for purposes of his stock
option hereunder is conditioned upon (i) the Executive's prior execution and
delivery to the Company of a general release of any and all claims and causes of
action of the Executive against the Company and the Company's and its
subsidiaries' officers and directors, excepting only the right to any Base
Salary and/or reimbursable expenses then accrued and unpaid under Section 4 of
this Agreement, and (ii) the Executive's continued performance of those
obligations hereunder

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that continue by their express terms after the termination of his employment,
including without limitation those set forth in Sections 8 and 9. Any Severance
Payments to be paid hereunder shall be payable in accordance with the payroll
practices of the Company for its executives generally as in effect from time to
time, and subject to all required withholding of taxes.

        6.        CHANGE OF CONTROL.

                  (a) RIGHT TO CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFITS. The Company agrees
         that the Executive shall have the right to terminate this Agreement and
         receive the severance benefits set forth in subsection (c) below in the
         event of a Change in Control (as defined in subsection (b) below) under
         the circumstances described in this Section 6. No right to terminate or
         benefits shall be applicable or payable under subsection (c) below
         unless there shall have been a Change in Control.

                  (b) CHANGE IN CONTROL. For purposes of this Agreement, a
         "Change in Control" shall mean a change in control of the Company of a
         nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e)
         of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), whether or not
         the Company is in fact required to comply therewith; provided, that,
         without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have
         occurred if:

                           (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections
                  13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company,
                  any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
                  employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned,
                  directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
                  substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
                  of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
                  defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
                  indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50.01%
                  or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
                  outstanding securities;

                          (ii) during the period of twenty-four (24) consecutive
                  months (not including any period prior to the date of this
                  Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period
                  constitute the Board and any new director whose election by
                  the Board or nomination for election by the Board or by the
                  stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least
                  two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who
                  either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose
                  election or nomination for election was previously so
                  approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority
                  thereof;

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                           (iii) the Company shall have consummated a merger or
                  consolidation with any other corporation, other than a merger
                  or consolidation which results in the voting securities of the
                  Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
                  represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being
                  converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at
                  least 50% of the combined voting securities of the Company or
                  such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such
                  merger or consolidation; or

                        (iv) the Company shall have liquidated or sold all or
                  substantially all of the Company's assets.

                  (c) BENEFIT. In the event that (i) within six months of a
         Change of Control the Executive dies or his employment is terminated by
         reason of disability pursuant to Section 5(b) or the Executive
         terminates his employment with the Company for Good Reason (as
         hereinafter defined), (ii) within twelve months after a Change of
         Control the Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by
         the Company for any reason other than for Cause as defined in Section
         5(c), or (iii) within the period beginning on the sixth monthly
         anniversary of the Change of Control and ending on the twelfth monthly
         anniversary of the Change of Control the Executive terminates his
         employment with the Company for any reason (including, without
         limitation, death or disability), the Executive shall receive a lump
         sum compensation, payable within five days after termination of his
         employment, equal to two times his Base Salary immediately prior to the
         Change of Control. In addition, (i) the Company shall maintain in full
         force and effect, for the continued benefit of the Employee and/or his
         family for two years after the date his employment terminates or, if
         earlier, the date the Executive receives comparable coverage from a new
         employer, all medical and dental insurance plans in which he was
         entitled to participate immediately prior to the Change of Control,
         provided that his continued participation is possible under the general
         terms and provisions of such plans (in the event that his participation
         in any such plan is barred, the Company shall arrange to provide the
         Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which he is
         entitled to receive under such plans), and (ii) all outstanding stock
         options which the Executive holds shall vest and become exercisable
         immediately upon a Change of Control.

                  (d) GOOD REASON. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason"
         means:

                           (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties
                  inconsistent in any respect with his position (including
                  status, offices, titles and reporting requirements),
                  authority, duties or responsibilities as in effect on the date
                  of the Change of Control, or any other action by the Company
                  which results in a diminution in such position, authority,
                  duties or responsibilities, excluding

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                  for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent
                  action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the
                  Company promptly after receipt of notice from the Executive;

                          (ii) any reduction of the Executive's Base Salary or
                  the failure by the Company to provide him with incentive
                  compensation, welfare benefits, retirement benefits and other
                  benefits which in the aggregate are no less favorable than the
                  benefits to which he was entitled prior to the Change of
                  Control;

                         (iii) the Company's requiring the Executive to be based
                  at any office or location other than the office and location
                  at which he is employed on the date of the Change of Control,
                  except for travel reasonably required in the performance of
                  his responsibilities; or

                          (iv) any action taken or suffered by the Company as of
                  or following the Change of Control (such as, without
                  limitation, transfer or encumbrance of assets or incurring of
                  indebtedness) which materially impairs the ability of the
                  Company to make any payments due or which may become due to
                  the Executive under this Agreement.

         7. EFFECT OF TERMINATION. Upon termination of this Agreement, all
obligations and provisions of this Agreement shall terminate except with respect
to any accrued and unpaid monetary obligations and except for the provisions of
Section 8 through (and inclusive of) 23 hereof.

         8. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE. Provided only that the Company is not then
in default on its payment obligations under this Agreement, for a period of
three (3) years from the date the Executive's employment with the Company
terminates, whether during the term hereof or thereafter and regardless of the
reason therefor, the Executive will not engage or become interested, directly or
indirectly, as an owner, employee, director, partner, consultant, through stock
ownership, investment of capital, lending of money or property, rendering of
services, or otherwise, either alone or in association with others, in the
operation, management or supervision of any type of business or enterprise in
any way similar to or competitive with the business of the Company. In addition,
during such period the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, whether on
his behalf or on behalf of anyone else, (a) solicit or accept orders from any
present or past customer of the Company for a product or service offered or sold
by, or competitive with a product or service offered or sold by, the Company;
(b) induce or attempt to induce any such customer to reduce such customer's
purchases from the Company; (c) use for the benefit of the Executive or disclose
the name and/or requirements of any such customer to any other person or
persons, natural or corporate; or (d) solicit any of the Company's employees or
consultants to leave the employ

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of the Company or hire anyone who was an employee of the Company or a consultant
to the Company at any time within one year prior to the date the Executive's
employment with the Company terminated. The foregoing restrictions shall not
prevent the Executive from hiring or otherwise engaging any professional firm.

        9.        CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

                  (a) The Executive acknowledges that the Company will
         continually develop Confidential Information, that the Executive may
         develop Confidential Information for the Company and that the Executive
         may learn of Confidential Information during the course of employment.
         The Executive agrees that, except as required for the proper
         performance of his duties for the Company, he will not, directly or
         indirectly, use or disclose any Confidential Information, as defined
         below. The Executive understands and agrees that this restriction will
         continue to apply after his employment terminates, regardless of the
         reason for termination.

                  (b) The Executive agrees that all Confidential Information
         which he creates or to which he has access as a result of his
         employment is and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the
         Company. Except as required for the proper performance of his duties,
         the Executive will not copy any documents, tapes or other media
         containing Confidential Information ("Documents") or remove any
         Documents, or copies, from Company premises. The Executive will return
         to the Company immediately after his employment terminates, and at such
         other times as may be specified by the Company, all Documents and
         copies and all other property of the Company then in his possession or
         control.

       10. ENFORCEMENT OF COVENANTS. The Executive acknowledges that he has
carefully read and considered all the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including the restraints imposed upon him pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 hereof.
The Executive further agrees that all goodwill of the Company is its exclusive
property. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that, were he to breach
any of the covenants contained in Section 8 or 9 hereof, the damage would be
irreparable. The Executive therefore agrees that the Company, in addition to any
other remedies available to it, shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent
injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by the Executive of
any of said covenants, without having to post bond, provided the Company has
made a prima facie showing of such a breach or threatened breach.

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       11. INDEMNIFICATION. Subject to the second sentence of this Section 11,
the Company agrees to indemnify the Executive against all liabilities and
expenses, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or
as fines and penalties, together with counsel fees, in each case reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or disposition of any action,
suit or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in which he may be involved
or with which he may be threatened during the term of this Agreement or
thereafter, in each case to the extent incurred by reason of his serving or
having served (a) as an executive officer or director of the Company, or (b) at
its request as a director or executive officer of any organization in which the
Company directly or indirectly owns shares or of which it is directly or
indirectly a creditor, or (c) at its request in any capacity with respect to any
employee benefit plan. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the
Company shall not indemnify the Executive if the Executive (i) did not act in
good faith and in a manner the Executive reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company, or (ii) with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the
Executive's conduct was unlawful. The Company shall purchase and maintain in
force directors' and officers' liability insurance having policy limits and
other terms reasonably determined by the Company's Board of Directors.

       12. CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. The Executive hereby represents and warrants
that the execution of this Agreement and the performance of his obligations
hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which
the Executive is a party or is bound and that the Executive is not subject to
any covenants against competition or similar covenants that would affect the
performance of his obligations hereunder. The Executive will not disclose or use
any proprietary information of a third party without such party's consent.

       13. DEFINITIONS. Words or phrases which are initially capitalized or are
within quotation marks shall have the meanings provided in this Section 12 and
as provided elsewhere herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
definitions apply:

                  (a) "Confidential Information" means any and all information,
         inventions, discoveries, ideas, research, engineering methods,
         practices, processes, systems, formulae, designs, concepts, products,
         projects, improvements and developments that are not generally known by
         others, developed by or known to the Executive prior to or during the
         term of this Agreement and relating in any material respect to the
         Company, including its business, products or services (or learned by
         the Executive after the term hereof from a source known to the
         Executive to be violating an obligation to the Company not to disclose
         the same) or that are developed by the Executive during the term of
         this Agreement and that have applicability to the business, products or
         services of the Company, including but not limited to (i) products and
         services, technical data, methods and processes, (ii) marketing
         activities and strategic plans, (iii) costs and sources of supply, (iv)
         the identity and special needs

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         of customers and prospective customers and vendors and prospective
         vendors, and (v) the people and organizations with whom the Company has
         or plans to have business relationships and those relationships.
         Confidential Information also includes such information that the
         Company may receive or has received belonging to customers or others
         who do business with the Company and any publication or literary
         creation of the Executive, developed in whole or in significant part
         during the term hereof, in whatever form published, whose content in
         whole or in part is competitive in any material respect with the
         products or services offered by the Company (including as such products
         or services could reasonably be expected to evolve or be extended in
         the foreseeable future).

                  (b) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, an
         association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or
         organization.

         14. WITHHOLDING. All payments made under this Agreement shall be
reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld under applicable
law.

         15. ASSIGNMENT. Neither the Company nor the Executive may make any
assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or
otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however,
that the Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement
without the consent of the Executive in the event that the Company shall
hereafter effect a reorganization, consolidate with, or merge into, any other
Person or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any
other Person unless the Executive shall object in writing to such assignment
within sixty (60) days following the effective date thereof, in which event,
subject always to the provisions of Section 6, the Executive's sole remedy shall
be to terminate this Agreement, which termination shall have the effect set
forth in Section 7 hereof. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company and the Executive, and their respective successors,
executors, administrators, heirs and permitted assigns.

         16. SEVERABILITY. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall
to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so
declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each
portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.

         17. WAIVER. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless
made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of either party to
require the performance of any term or obligation of this Agreement, or the
waiver by either party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not prevent any
subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a waiver of any
subsequent breach.

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       18. NOTICES. Any and all notices, requests, demands and other
communications provided for by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
effective when delivered in person or deposited in the United States mail,
postage prepaid, registered or certified, and addressed to the Executive at his
last known address on the books of the Company or, in the case of the Company,
at the Company's principal place of business, to the attention of the Secretary,
or to such other address as either party may specify by notice to the other
actually received.

       19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties and supersedes all prior communications, agreements and
understandings, written or oral, with respect to the terms and conditions of the
Executive's employment, including without limitation any agreements relating to
employment between the Executive and any corporate predecessor or promoter of
the Company, any such agreement being hereby terminated by the mutual agreement
of the parties without liability to either party.

       20. AMENDMENT.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a
written instrument signed by the Executive and by an expressly authorized
representative of the Company.

       21. HEADINGS.  The headings and captions in this Agreement are for
convenience only and in no way define or describe the scope or content of any
provision of this Agreement.

       22. COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

       23. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced under
and be governed in all respects by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as a sealed
instrument by the Executive and by the Company by its duly authorized
representative, as of the date first above written.

Executive:                             PROVANT, INC.

/s/ Curtis M. Uehlein                  By: Dominic J. Puopolo
-----------------------------             --------------------------------------
Curtis M. Uehlein                         Name:   Dominic J. Puopolo
                                          Title:  Executive Vice President
                                                  and Chief Financial Officer

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