EXHIBIT 23

                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
CDI Corp.:

     We consent to  incorporation  by reference in  Registration  Statement Nos.
33-7263,  333-65879 and 333-69007 on Form S-8 of CDI Corp.  and in  Registration
Statement No. 333-9793 on Form S-3 of CDI Corp. of our report dated February 21,
2000 relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of CDI Corp. and subsidiaries
as of  December  31, 1999 and 1998 and the related  consolidated  statements  of
earnings,  shareholders'  equity  and cash  flows  for each of the  years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1999 and the related  financial  statement
schedule,  which report  appears in the December 31, 1999 annual  report on Form
10-K of CDI Corp.

Philadelphia, PA                          /s/ KPMG LLP
March 9, 2000                             ---------------------------------
                                          KPMG LLP



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