SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                               Washington, D.C. 20549


                                                      Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

          [ X ] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended
                                 March 31, 1996

                                            OR

            [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                        For the transition period from to

                         Commission File Number 0-13984


                      DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             Texas                                  75-1565578            
      (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)        Identification No.)

                  12801 North Central Expressway
                           Suite 350
                     Dallas, Texas  75243
             (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (214) 458-8500

          Former name, former address and former fiscal year if changed
since last report:


                  Indicate by check mark  whether  registrant  (1) has filed all
         reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act
         of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
         the  registrant  was required to file such  reports),  and (2) has been
         subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
                  Yes  X  No___

                  Number of shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding
on March 31, 1996, was 1,758,211.


Total Number of pages for
this 10-Q filing: 11









             DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES








                                            CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                                      ASSETS


                                                                                               March 31,          December 31,

CURRENT ASSETS:                                                                                 1996                   1995
                                                                                          -----------------      -----------------

                                                                                                                         
      Cash and cash equivalents                                                              $      117,691           $     69,627
      Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
       of approximately $348,000 and $412,000, respectively.........................              2,888,244              2,140,623
      Notes receivable .............................................................                  5,610                 13,052
      Prepaid expenses and other current assets.....................................                124,663                 96,806
                                                                                          -----------------      -----------------
        TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS........................................................              3,136,208              2,320,108

EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE AND LEASEHOLD
      IMPROVEMENTS, NET ............................................................                524,672                467,043

OTHER ASSETS:
     Investment in and advances to joint venture ...................................                 67,272                103,838
     Other                                                                                          137,421                179,153
                                                                                                 $3,865,573             $3,070,142
                                                                                          =================      =================


                             LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIENCY)



CURRENT LIABILITIES:

      Accounts payable and accrued expenses ........................................              $3,841,625            $3,358,163
      Current maturities of long-term debt .........................................  to majority shar16,203r in 1994) (Note21,603
                                                                                           -----------------      ----------------
       TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES....................................................               3,857,828             3,379,766

DEFERRED LEASE RENTS................................................................                  36,771                52,531

LONG TERM DEBT                                                                                        85,102                90,048

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIENCY):
     Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 1,000,000 shares
       authorized, none issued......................................................                       -                     -
     Common stock, $.10 par value; 10,000,000 shares
       authorized, 1,881,161 shares issued..........................................                 188,116               188,116
     Additional paid-in capital.....................................................               3,615,151             3,615,151
     Accumulated deficit                                                                        (3,747,970)         (4,086,045)
     Common stock held in treasury (122,950 shares), at cost........................               (169,425)           (169,425)
       TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CAPITAL DEFICIENCY)..............................               (114,128)           (452,203)
                                                                                           -----------------      ----------------
                                                                                                  $3,865,573            $3,070,142
                                                                                           =================      ================






             See    notes   to    consolidated    financial statements.










                              DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS



                                                                                  For the three months ended
                                                                                           March 31,
                                                                             -------------------------------------

                                                                                   1996                  1995
                                                                            ------------------     -----------------
NET SERVICE REVENUES
                                                                                                           
    Regular Placements                                                              $2,777,261            $2,220,999
    Temporary                                                                        1,557,402               934,650
    Contract Labor                                                                   1,879,336             1,387,208
                                                                            ------------------     -----------------
                                                                                     6,213,999             4,542,857

COST AND EXPENSES                                                                    5,239,895             3,934,683
                                                                            ------------------     -----------------

INCOME FROM OPERATING ENTITIES                                                         974,104               608,174

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES                                                  (540,442)             (390,904)

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
    Gain (loss) on sale of assets held for sale, net                                     4,500                 3,500

    Loss from joint venture operations                                                (34,368)                     -

    Interest expense, net                                                             (70,190)               (59,783)
    Other, net                                                                           4,471                 16,571
                                                                                      (95,587)               (39,712)
                                                                             -----------------      -----------------

     INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES                                                        338,075                177,558

INCOME TAXES, net of tax benefit from utilization
    of net operating loss carry forward                                                      -                      -
                                                                             -----------------      -----------------

      NET INCOME                                                                   $   338,075            $   177,558
                                                                             =================      =================

INCOME PER SHARE                                                               $           .19        $           .10
                                                                             =================      =================

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON AND
    COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING                                                        1,758,211              1,758,211
                                                                             =================      =================





















              See    notes   to    consolidated    financial statements.










                               DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS









                                                                                     For the three months ended
                                                                                             March 31,
                                                                                ------------------------------------

                                                                                     1996                  1995
                                                                               -----------------     -----------------
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                                                                                                             
    Net income                                                                       $   338,075           $   177,558
    Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
        provided by operating activities:
        Depreciation                                                                      44,652                25,258
     Increase (decrease) in provision for losses on accounts
          receivable............................................................        (64,410)                11,644
     Increase in accounts receivable                                                   (683,211)             (171,264)
     Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets                              (20,415)              (12,936)
     Equity in loss of joint venture                                                      36,566                     -
     Decrease in other assets                                                             41,732                 5,265
     Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses                                   395,646               178,288
     Decrease in deferred lease rents                                                   (15,760)              (17,790)

         Net cash provided by operating activities                                        72,875               196,023

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
    Capital expenditures                                                               (102,281)              (60,590)
                                                                               -----------------     -----------------

          Net cash used in investing activities                                        (102,281)              (60,590)


CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
    Repayment of short-term debt                                                               -              (14,500)
    Increase (decrease) in proceeds from factored receivables                             87,816             (112,602)
    Principal payments under long-term debt obligations
            to others...........................................................        (10,346)               (6,548)

          Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities...................          77,470             (133,650)
                                                                               -----------------     -----------------


    Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                             48,064                 1,783
    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year                                        69,627                45,780

    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                      $    117,691          $     47,563
                                                                               =================     =================

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW
 INFORMATION:
    Cash paid during the year for interest......................................   $      82,459          $     76,318













                                  See notes to consolidated financial statements








             DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1


  Basis of Presentation


    The consolidated  financial statements include the operations of Diversified
Corporate  Resources,  Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company").  The financial
information for the three months ended March 31, 1996, is unaudited but includes
all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) which the Company
considers  necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the period.  The
financial  information  should  be read in  conjunction  with  the  consolidated
financial  statements  for the year ended  December  31,  1995,  included in the
Company's annual report on Form 10-K.
Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 1996, are not necessarily
indicative  of the  results  that may be  expected  for the  entire  year  ended
December 31, 1996.


Nature of Operations


    Diversified   Corporate   Resources,   Inc.  (the   "Company")  is  a  Texas
 corporation. The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries,  is engaged in
 the  full-time  (regular)  and  temporary  placement  of  personnel  in various
 industries,  and in the contract placement of personnel in various  industries.
 The Company  operates  branch  offices in a number of cities with the Company's
 staff in such offices  responsible  for  marketing to clients,  recruitment  of
 personnel, operations, local advertising, credit and collections. The Company's
 executive office provides centralized training, payroll, collections and 
 certain accounting and administrative services for the branch offices.


  Revenue Recognition


    Fees for placement of full-time (regular) personnel are recognized as income
at the time the applicants  accept  employment.  Provision is made for estimated
losses in realization  (principally due to applicants not commencing  employment
or not  remaining  in  employment  for  the  guaranteed  period).  Revenue  from
temporary and contract  personnel  placements is recognized upon  performance of
services by the Company. The Company's operating expenses consist principally of
commissions, direct wages paid to temporary personnel, payroll taxes, rent and a
provision for uncollectible accounts  (approximately $50,000 in 1996 and $28,000
in 1995).


  Cash and Cash Equivalents


Cash and cash equivalents includes certificates of deposit of approximately 
$32,000 at March 31, 1995.  The Company considers all highly liquid investment
instruments purchased with remaining maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents for purposes of the consolidated statements
of cash flow.








             DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-Continued


  Joint Venture Operations


    During  January,  1995, the Company  entered into a joint venture  agreement
with CFS,  Inc.,  for the  purpose of  providing  personnel  services to certain
businesses  requiring minority suppliers and to others.  CFS, Inc. is a minority
operated corporation,  which because of its status, supplies services to clients
requiring a certain  portion of its business to be  allocated to minority  owned
and operated vendors.  The Company provides the joint venture with personnel and
contract  labor  on a  subcontractor  basis.  The  Company  has a 49%  ownership
interest  in the joint  venture and is  allocated  65% of the net income or loss
resulting from the joint venture  operations.  The joint venture  recorded a net
loss  for the  first  quarter  of  1996 of  $53,000.  Accordingly,  the  Company
recognized  a $34,000 loss from joint  venture  operations  in the  Consolidated
Statement  of  Operations  for the  quarter  ended  March  31,  1996.  For  more
discussion of joint venture operations, refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1995.


  Income Taxes


    During 1993,  the Company  changed its method of accounting for income taxes
to conform to the provisions of Statement of Financial  Accounting Standards No.
109, "Accounting for Income Taxes."  Accordingly,  income taxes are provided for
the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements and consist
of taxes currently  payable plus deferred taxes related primarily to differences
between the basis of  installment  sales,  property and  equipment  and accounts
receivable for financial and income tax reporting.  The deferred taxes represent
the future tax return  consequences of those  differences,  which will either be
taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled.

    The Company has a net operating  loss  carryforward  of  approximately  $4.4
million as of December 31, 1995, which, if unused, expires in 2002 through 2008.
However,  due to a more than 50%  change in  ownership  of the  Company's  stock
beginning with an April 1991 transaction, the Company's use of its net operating
loss  carryforward is subject to certain  limitations  pursuant to provisions of
the Internal  Revenue  Code.  The amount of the  Company's  net  operating  loss
available for use as of December 31, 1995, was  approximately  $1.6 million.  An
additional  amount of  approximately  $467,000  will become  available  annually
through 2001.


    Income Per Share


     Income per share was  determined  by  dividing  net income by the  weighted
average  number  of  shares  of  common  stock  and  common  stock   equivalents
outstanding  (common stock  equivalents are excluded if the effects of inclusion
are  antidilutive).  The weighted  average number of shares  outstanding for the
quarters ended March 31, 1996 and 1995 were 1,758,211.


    Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

    The  preparation  of  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  requires  management  to  make  estimates  and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets







             DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
         NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-Continued


     and liabilities and disclosure of contingent  assets and liabilities at the
date of the  financial  statements  and the  reported  amounts of  revenues  and
expenses  during the reporting  period.  Actual  results could differ from those
estimates.

    Accounting Pronouncements


     During the first  quarter of 1996,  the Company  changed its  valuation  of
long-lived  assets to  conform  to the  provisions  of  Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards  No. 121,  "Accounting  for the  Impairment  of Long-Lived
Assets and for Long-Lived  Assets to be Disposed of."  Accordingly,  the Company
recognized a reduction in market value of certain long-lived assets.  This write
down resulted in a charge to current earnings of approximately $37,000.






                     Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                  Financial Condition and Results of Operations

  Three Months Ended March 31, 1996, Compared to Three Months 
Ended March 31, 1995


     Total  revenues  were $6.2  million for the first  quarter  ended March 31,
1996,
compared  to $4.5  million in 1995.  This  increase  of 36.8%  resulted  from an
increase in regular placements,  temporary and contract labor revenues. Cost and
expenses  were $5.2  million in the first  quarter of 1996 as  compared  to $3.9
million in the first  quarter of 1995.  This  represents a 33.2%  increase.  The
increases in revenues and the related cost and expenses in the first  quarter of
1996 as compared to the first  quarter of 1995  resulted from an increase in all
areas  of  service  revenues  and  operations  of  the  Company's   wholly-owned
subsidiaries,  which were  engaged in the  employment  placement  business  (the
"Employment Placement Business") during the first quarter of 1996.

     General and administrative  expenses increased  approximately  $150,000, or
38.3%,  in 1996 as  compared  to the first  quarter of 1995.  This  increase  is
primarily  the result of an increase in corporate  operating  expenses for rent,
telephone,  professional services and depreciation,  as well as payroll expenses
in the Company's  Employment  Placement  Business.  As a result of joint venture
operations,  the Company  recorded a loss of $34,000 during the first quarter of
1996.  The joint  venture  was  formed in  January  of 1995 for the  purpose  of
providing personnel services to certain businesses  requiring minority suppliers
and to others. No accruals were made for such losses until the fourth quarter of
1995.
    Interest  expense  for the first  quarter  of 1996  increased  approximately
$10,000 over the prior year  quarter,  which is the result of an increase in the
amount of factored accounts receivable of the Employment Placement Business.

    As  a  result  of  these  factors,   the  Company  recorded  net  income  of
approximately  $338,000 for the first quarter of 1996, compared to net income of
approximately $178,000 for the first quarter of 1995.


  Liquidity and Capital Resources


     Working capital was a $722,000  deficit at March 31, 1996,  compared with a
$1.1  million   deficit  at  December  31,  1995.   This  deficit   decrease  of
approximately  $338,000  during  the  first  quarter  of 1996  can be  primarily
attributed to an increase in the accounts receivable of the Employment Placement
Business, partially offset by an increase in the related accounts payable.

    Cash flow  provided by operating  activities of $73,000  resulted  primarily
from the  profitable  operations  of the  Employment  Placement  Business and an
increase  in  accounts  payable  and  accrued  expenses,  offset  in  part  by a
corresponding increase in accounts receivable.

     Net cash used in investing  activities  of $102,000  resulted  from capital
expenditures  made by the Company  during the first quarter of 1996. The Company
retired  approximately  $10,000 in debt obligations  during the first quarter of
1996,  and utilized  approximately  $88,000 of proceeds from  factored  accounts
receivable to fund the operations of the Employment  Placement  Business  during
the first quarter  ended March 31, 1996.  Presently,  the  Company's  only major
source of income relates to the operations of its Employment Placement Business.
However,  management  of the  Company  anticipates  that  the  cash  flow of its
employment  Placement Business (a) will provide sufficient liquidity to fund its
future operations,






                Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
                 Condition and Results of Operations - Continued


and  enable the  Company to reduce  certain  current  obligations,  and (b) will
result in the Company  having a positive  shareholders'  equity at December  31,
1996.

    Although  the Company  significantly  lowered its cost of factored  funds in
1995 through  negotiations with its factoring sources,  the Company is presently
seeking  alternative sources of funds to be utilized in expanding the Employment
Placement Business and possibly to fund future growth or acquisitions.

    The  Company is  currently  evaluating  the  possibility  of  expanding  its
Employment  Placement  Business  in 1996  through  acquisitions,  joint  venture
operations,   the  development  of  training  center  operations  to  assist  in
increasing  the number of  potential  applicants,  and  enhancing  its data base
services to facilitate employee placement.







                            PART II OTHER INFORMATION
             DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


Item 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

         Not Applicable.

Item 2.  CHANGES IN SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

Item 3.  DEFAULTS ON SENIOR SECURITIES

         Not Applicable.

Item 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

                                    Not Applicable.

Item 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

                           Not Applicable.

Item 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

                                    Not Applicable.







                                                     SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                      DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC.
                                      Registrant


  DATE:  May 20, 1996                 By: /s/  J. Michael Moore
                                      ----------------------
                                      J. Michael Moore,
                                      Chief Executive Officer





   DATE:  May 20, 1996                By: /s/  M. Ted Dillard
                                      -------------------
                                      M. Ted Dillard
                                      Chief Financial Officer












                                                     SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                   DIVERSIFIED CORPORATE RESOURCES, INC.
                                   Registrant



DATE:  May 20, 1996                By:____________________________          
                                   J. Michael Moore,
                                   Chief Executive Officer





DATE:  May 20, 1996                By:____________________________
                                   M. Ted Dillard
                                   Chief Financial Officer