Exhibit 23.b

                              KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

                             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS







The Board of Directors
Alternative Resources Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement dated
September 25, 1996 on Form S-8 of Alternative Resources Corporation of our
report dated January 25, 1996, relating to the balance sheets of Alternative
Resources Corporation as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related
statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity, cash flows, and
financial statement schedule, for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the December 31, 1995 annual
report on Form 10-K of Alternative Resources Corporation.




/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP



Chicago, Illinois
September 23, 1996