Exhibit 10.p.

                          AGREEMENT REGARDING SEVERANCE

This is an Agreement Regarding Severance (this "Agreement"), dated as of
September 30, 2002 and effective as of November 15, 2002 (the "Effective Date"),
between CDI Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), and Gregory
L. Cowan (the "Executive").

                                   Background

As of the date of this Agreement, the Executive is the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company. On the Effective Date, he will become the Chief Accounting
Officer of the Company. In connection with, and in consideration for, the
Executive's acceptance of this new role, the Company has agreed to the severance
arrangement set forth below.

                                      Terms

Intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:

     1.   If, within nine months  following the  Effective  Date,  the Executive
          resigns as an  employee  of the  Company or the  Company  removes  the
          Executive as its Chief Accounting Officer ("CAO"),  then the Executive
          will be entitled to receive twelve months salary  continuation,  based
          on the  Executive's  annual  salary  as of the date of this  Agreement
          (which  is  $238,050).   The  twelve-month  period  during  which  the
          Executive's  salary  would  continue to be paid is referred to in this
          Agreement as the "Severance Period".

     2.   The above severance  payment would not be reduced or eliminated if the
          Executive obtains other employment during the Severance Period.

     3.   During the Severance Period, the Executive would be entitled to twelve
          months COBRA (Company contribution).

     4.   With  respect to any stock  options held by the  Executive  which have
          vested as of the date he resigns or is removed as CAO,  the  Executive
          may exercise such options any time during the Severance Period.

     5.   As a condition to receiving  any of the severance  benefits  described
          above,  the Executive must first sign the Release and Waiver of Future
          Claims Against the Company.

     6.   After nine months following the Effective Date, the Executive's rights
          to  severance  payments  and other  matters  described  above would be
          subject to whatever severance plans or arrangements are in effect from
          time to time and which are applicable to the Executive.

     7.   This Agreement sets for the entire  understanding  between the parties
          relating  to the  subject  matter  hereof,  and  supersedes  all prior
          agreements  and  understandings,  both  written and oral,  between the
          parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

                                     CDI CORPORATION


                                     By: /s/ Roger H. Ballou
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                                         Roger H. Ballou
                                         President & CEO


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                                         GREGORY L. COWAN


                                         /s/ Gregory L. Cowan
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