<PAGE>   1

                          ----------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                         ------------------------------
                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                      ------------------------------------

         MICHIGAN                                       38-2606945
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                          Identification Number)

                           32605 West Twelve Mile Road
                                    Suite 250
                          Farmington Hills, Michigan             48334
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
                        1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
                       -----------------------------------
                              Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                           32605 West Twelve Mile Road
                                    Suite 250
                        Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
                                 (248) 488-2088
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for services)
                        ---------------------------------
                                    Copy to:
                            Arthur Dudley, II., Esq.
                                   Butzel Long
                           150 W. Jefferson, Ste. 900
                          Detroit, Michigan 48226-4430
                      ------------------------------------
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                     <C>              <C>                   <C>                       <C>
Title of Securities        Amount            Proposed Maximum      Proposed                  Amount of
to be                      to be             Offering Price        Aggregate                 Registration
Registered                 Registered        Per Share (1)         Offering Price(1)         Fee (1)

Common Stock
(no par value)             1,000,000         $27.56                $27,560,000               $8,135
</TABLE>


(1)      Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities
         Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of
         the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 16,
         1998.


<PAGE>   2


              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
         sent or given, as requested, to plan participants in the Complete
         Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified
         by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In
         accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents
         will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as
         part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
         supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents
         and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part
         II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the
         prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents subsequently filed by Complete Business
Solutions, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:

         (a)      The Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Commission File No.
                  333-56355) that contains audited financial statements for the
                  Company's latest fiscal year for which such statement has been
                  filed.

         (b)      The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended March 31, 1998 (Commission File No. 0-22141).

         (c)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                  December 31, 1997 (Commission File No. 0-22141).

         (d)      The description of the Company's Common Stock which is
                  contained in the Form 8-A Registration Statement filed by the
                  Company with the Commission on February 14, 1997 (Commission
                  File No. 0-22141), including any amendment or report filed for
                  the purpose of updating such description; and

         (e)      All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
                  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                  (the "Exchange Act") , prior to the filing of the
                  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
                  offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
                  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
                  reference herein and to be a part of this Registration
                  Statement from the date of the filing of such documents.

         The documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results
may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not
limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents incorporated by
reference.



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Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Sections 561 and 562 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act 
authorize a corporation to indemnify directors and officers against expenses, 
including attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in 
settlement if the person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably 
believed to be in or not opposed to, the best-interest of the corporation or
its shareholders, and with respect to a criminal proceeding if the person had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.


         The Company's Bylaws require the Company to indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by law, every person who was or is a party, or is threatened to
be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether
formal or informal, including actions by or in the right of the Corporation by
reason of the fact that they are a person who is or was a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of the Company or another foreign or
domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
whether for profit or not, serving or having served at the request of the
Company as a director or officer of another corporation in which the Company
owns shares of capital stock, or of which it is a creditor. Expenses that are
subject to indemnification include attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the action, suit or
proceeding. The right to indemnification is recognized by the Corporation as a
contract right.

         If a claim is made by a party and not paid in full by the Corporation
within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the
claimant can at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such
claim. However, it shall be a defense to any such action that the claimant has
not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under applicable law
for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not Applicable

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number                                 Description
---------------                        -----------      

4.1                The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation
                   (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
                   Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
                   Statement No. 333-18413)).

4.2                The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated
                   herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                   Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Statement
                   No. 333-36355)).

5.1                Opinion of Butzel Long as to the legality of the securities
                   being offered.

<PAGE>   4

10.1               Complete Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock
                   Purchase Plan.

23.1               Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public 
                   accountants.

23.2               Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.3               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.4               Consent of Butzel Long (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1               Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
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Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement;

                        (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                        (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of this Registration
                  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                  Registration Statement;

                        (iii)   To include any material information with respect
                  to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                  Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in this Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offer of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

                  (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

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                  (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.




<PAGE>   6



                                  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of Michigan on June 29,
1998.


                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.

                            /s/ Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                            ---------------------------------
                            By:     Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                            President and Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Complete Business
Solutions, Inc. hereby severally constitute and appoint Rajendra B. Vattikuti
and Timothy S. Manney and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to
said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names
and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Complete
Business Solutions, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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<CAPTION>

SIGNATURE                             TITLE                           DATE

<S>                         <C>                                     <C> 
/s/ Rajendra B. Vattikuti     President, Chief Executive               June 29, 1998
-------------------------     Officer and Director
Rajendra B. Vattikuti         (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Timothy S. Manney         Executive Vice President                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------     Of Finance and Administration
Timothy S. Manney             Treasurer and Director
                              (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)

/s/ Frank D. Stella           Director                                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------
Frank D. Stella                 

/s/ Douglas S. Land           Director                                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------
Douglas S. Land    
</TABLE>


<PAGE>   7


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S>                       <C>                                       <C> 
/s/ John A. Stanley           Director                                 June 29, 1998
--------------------- 
John A. Stanley    

                              Director                                 June __, 1998
---------------------
Charles  Costello 
                              Director                                 June __, 1998
---------------------  
Ronald K. Machtley  
</TABLE>


<PAGE>   8





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                            DESCRIPTION
NUMBER

4.1        The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein
           by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement
           on Form S-1 (Registration Statement No. 333-18413)).

4.2        The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by
           reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
           Form S-4 (Registration Statement No. 333-36355)).

5.1        Opinion of Butzel Long as to the legality of the securities being
           offered.

10.1       Complete Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

23.1       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

23.2       Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.3       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.4       Consent of Butzel Long (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1       Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
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1

                          ----------------------------
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                         ------------------------------
                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                      ------------------------------------

         MICHIGAN                                       38-2606945
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                          Identification Number)

                           32605 West Twelve Mile Road
                                    Suite 250
                          Farmington Hills, Michigan             48334
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
                        1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
                       -----------------------------------
                              Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                           32605 West Twelve Mile Road
                                    Suite 250
                        Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334
                                 (248) 488-2088
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for services)
                        ---------------------------------
                                    Copy to:
                            Arthur Dudley, II., Esq.
                                   Butzel Long
                           150 W. Jefferson, Ste. 900
                          Detroit, Michigan 48226-4430
                      ------------------------------------
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities        Amount            Proposed Maximum      Proposed                  Amount of
to be                      to be             Offering Price        Aggregate                 Registration
Registered                 Registered        Per Share (1)         Offering Price(1)         Fee (1)

Common Stock
(no par value)             1,000,000         $27.56                $27,560,000               $8,135
(1)      Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities
         Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of
         the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 16,
         1998.
2

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
         sent or given, as requested, to plan participants in the Complete
         Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified
         by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In
         accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents
         will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as
         part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
         supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents
         and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part
         II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the
         prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

                                   PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents subsequently filed by Complete Business
Solutions, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:

         (a)      The Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Commission File No.
                  333-56355) that contains audited financial statements for the
                  Company's latest fiscal year for which such statement has been
                  filed.

         (b)      The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended March 31, 1998 (Commission File No. 0-22141).

         (c)      The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                  December 31, 1997 (Commission File No. 0-22141).

         (d)      The description of the Company's Common Stock which is
                  contained in the Form 8-A Registration Statement filed by the
                  Company with the Commission on February 14, 1997 (Commission
                  File No. 0-22141), including any amendment or report filed for
                  the purpose of updating such description; and

         (e)      All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
                  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                  (the "Exchange Act") , prior to the filing of the
                  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
                  offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
                  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
                  reference herein and to be a part of this Registration
                  Statement from the date of the filing of such documents.

         The documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results
may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not
limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents incorporated by
reference.
3

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Sections 561 and 562 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act 
authorize a corporation to indemnify directors and officers against expenses, 
including attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in 
settlement if the person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably 
believed to be in or not opposed to, the best-interest of the corporation or
its shareholders, and with respect to a criminal proceeding if the person had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

         The Company's Bylaws require the Company to indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by law, every person who was or is a party, or is threatened to
be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether
formal or informal, including actions by or in the right of the Corporation by
reason of the fact that they are a person who is or was a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of the Company or another foreign or
domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
whether for profit or not, serving or having served at the request of the
Company as a director or officer of another corporation in which the Company
owns shares of capital stock, or of which it is a creditor. Expenses that are
subject to indemnification include attorneys' fees, judgments, penalties, fines
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the action, suit or
proceeding. The right to indemnification is recognized by the Corporation as a
contract right.

         If a claim is made by a party and not paid in full by the Corporation
within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the
claimant can at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such
claim. However, it shall be a defense to any such action that the claimant has
not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under applicable law
for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not Applicable

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number                                 Description
---------------                        -----------      

4.1                The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation
                   (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
                   Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration
                   Statement No. 333-18413)).

4.2                The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated
                   herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
                   Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Statement
                   No. 333-36355)).

5.1                Opinion of Butzel Long as to the legality of the securities
                   being offered.
4

10.1               Complete Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock
                   Purchase Plan.

23.1               Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public 
                   accountants.

23.2               Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.3               Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.4               Consent of Butzel Long (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1               Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
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Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a)      The Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement;

                        (i)     To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                        (ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of this Registration
                  Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                  Registration Statement;

                        (iii)   To include any material information with respect
                  to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                  Registration Statement or any material change to such
                  information in this Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offer of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

                  (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
5

                  (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.
6

                                  SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Farmington Hills, State of Michigan on June 29,
1998.

                        COMPLETE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.

                            /s/ Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                            ---------------------------------
                            By:     Rajendra B. Vattikuti
                            President and Chief Executive Officer

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Complete Business
Solutions, Inc. hereby severally constitute and appoint Rajendra B. Vattikuti
and Timothy S. Manney and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to
said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names
and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Complete
Business Solutions, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                             TITLE                           DATE
/s/ Rajendra B. Vattikuti     President, Chief Executive               June 29, 1998
-------------------------     Officer and Director
Rajendra B. Vattikuti         (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Timothy S. Manney         Executive Vice President                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------     Of Finance and Administration
Timothy S. Manney             Treasurer and Director
                              (Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer)

/s/ Frank D. Stella           Director                                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------
Frank D. Stella                 

/s/ Douglas S. Land           Director                                 June 29, 1998
-------------------------
Douglas S. Land
7
/s/ John A. Stanley           Director                                 June 29, 1998
--------------------- 
John A. Stanley    

                              Director                                 June __, 1998
---------------------
Charles  Costello 
                              Director                                 June __, 1998
---------------------  
Ronald K. Machtley
8

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT                            DESCRIPTION
NUMBER

4.1        The Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein
           by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement
           on Form S-1 (Registration Statement No. 333-18413)).

4.2        The Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by
           reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
           Form S-4 (Registration Statement No. 333-36355)).

5.1        Opinion of Butzel Long as to the legality of the securities being
           offered.

10.1       Complete Business Solutions, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

23.1       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

23.2       Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

23.3       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.4       Consent of Butzel Long (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1       Power of Attorney (see page II-5).
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