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                                                                     Exhibit 23

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to Registration Statement No. 2-75618 on Form S-8 dated September 12, 1988,
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 2-70180 on Form
S-8 dated April 8, 1983, and Registration Statement No. 33-18565 on Form S-8
dated December 14, 1987 of Volt Information Sciences, Inc. of our report dated
December 19, 1994, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Volt Information Sciences, Inc. and subsidiaries included in the
Form 10-K for the year ended October 28, 1994.


                                         Ernst & Young LLP



New York, New York
January 24, 1995