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,  333-69007 and 333-34508 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 20,
2001 relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of CDI Corp. and subsidiaries
as of  December  31, 2000 and 1999 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, 2000 and the related  financial  statement
schedule,  which report  appears in the December 31, 2000 annual  report on Form
10-K of CDI Corp.

Philadelphia, PA                                      /s/ KPMG LLP
March 19, 2001                                    ----------------------------
                                                      KPMG LLP



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