CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                         CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Alternative Resources Corporation:


     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements 
(Nos. 33-88918, 33-85078 and 333-12693) on Forms S-8 of Alternative Resources 
Corporation of our reports dated January 21, 1997, relating to the 
consolidated balance sheets of Alternative Resources Corporation and 
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for 
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, and the 
related consolidated financial statement schedule, which reports are 
incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K 
of Alternative Resources Corporation.

                                            KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Chicago, Illinois
March 28, 1997