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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               ------------------

                         VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           NEW YORK                                              13-5658129
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

       1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
           NEW YORK, NEW YORK                                    10020-1579
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


                  VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            Howard B. Weinreich, Esq.
                         Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
                           1221 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York 10020-1579
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (212) 704-2400
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With a copy to:

                             Richard A. Rubin, Esq.
                       Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP
                           1211 Avenue of the Americas
                               New York, NY 10036
                                 (212) 704-6130

APPROXIMATE  DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC:  From time to time
after the effective date of this registration statement.

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Proposed maximum    Proposed maximum     Amount of
Title of securities    Amount to be   offering            aggregate            registration
to be registered       registered(1)  price per share     offering price       fee(2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>              <C>               <C>                  <C>      
Common Stock, par        250,000          $44.3125          $11,078,125          $3,268.05
value $.10 per share
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</TABLE>

(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     Registration  Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
     be offered or sold pursuant to the Volt Information Sciences,  Inc. Savings
     Plan.

(2)  Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) based on the average of the high
     and low sales  prices of the  Company's  Common  Stock as  reported  in the
     consolidated reporting system on February 3, 1998.

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<PAGE>



                                     PART I



           The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Volt Information Sciences,  Inc. Savings
Plan (the  "Plan") as provided by Rule  428(b)(1)  under the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended.



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

           The  following  documents  heretofore  filed by the Company  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  (File No. 1-9232) pursuant to Section 13(a)
of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") are incorporated herein
by reference:  (a) the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 1997, (b) the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal
year ended  December 31, 1996 and (c) the  description  of the Company's  Common
Stock  contained in the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed on
August 7, 1986 under the 1934 Act,  including  any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.

           All documents  subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant
to Section 13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
a document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated  herein by reference shall
be deemed  to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this  Registration
Statement  to the  extent  that a  statement  contained  herein  or in any other
subsequently  filed  document which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.

ITEM 4.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

           Not applicable.

ITEM 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

           Not applicable.



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ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

           The New York Business  Corporation Law ("NYBCL") in general permits a
New York  corporation  to indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a
party to an  action  or  proceeding  by  reason of the fact that he or she was a
director or officer of the corporation, or served another entity in any capacity
at the request of the corporation,  against any judgment, fines, amounts paid in
settlement  and  reasonable  expenses,  including  attorney's  fees actually and
necessarily  incurred  as a result of such action or  proceeding,  or any appeal
therein,  if such person acted in good faith, for a purpose he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or, in the case of service for  another  entity,  not opposed
to,  the  best  interests  of  the  corporation  and,  in  criminal  actions  or
proceedings,  in addition  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  that his or her
conduct was unlawful.  The NYBCL generally  permits a corporation to grant other
rights to  indemnification  through its certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
or by  resolution  of  shareholders  or  directors  or by agreement to corporate
officers  and  directors  except in  instances  where a judgment  or other final
adjudication  adverse to the officer or director establishes that (i) his or her
acts were  committed  in bad faith or were the result of active  and  deliberate
dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated,  or (ii) the
officer  or  director  personally  gained  in fact a  financial  profit or other
advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled.

           The  Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  permits the
Company to indemnify any officer, director or other person to the fullest extent
from time to time permitted by law, and provides that, to the extent  consistent
therewith,  the Company  shall  indemnify  or advance  expenses to any  officer,
director or other  person to the fullest  extent  required by or pursuant to any
present or future  by-law of the  Company,  agreement  approved  by the Board of
Directors, or resolution of shareholders or directors.

           In general,  the  Company's  By-Laws  provide that the Company  shall
indemnify  each  corporate  officer and director (as well as any person  serving
another entity,  trust or employee benefit plan in any capacity at the Company's
request)  against  judgments,  fines,  amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  the  defense  or as a  result  of  any
threatened,  pending or completed action,  suit or proceeding  (including civil,
criminal,  administrative or investigative and actions by or in the right of the
Company or other  entity,  trust or employee  benefit  plan) to which the person
seeking  indemnification  is made or  threatened to be made a party by virtue of
serving  in any of  those  capacities,  except  in  instances  where  the  NYBCL
prohibits indemnification.

           In addition,  the Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation
provides that directors  shall not be liable to the Company or its  shareholders
for  damages  for any  breach of duty as a  director,  except  for  liability  a
director  may have for any act or  omission  prior to the  effectiveness  of the
Restated   Certificate  of  Incorporation  or  if  a  judgment  or  other  final
adjudication  adverse to the director  establishes that: (i) the director's acts
or omissions were in bad faith or involved  intentional  misconduct or a knowing
violation of law; (ii) the director personally gained in fact a financial profit
or other advantage to which the director was not legally entitled;  or (iii) the
director's  acts  violated  NYBCL  Section  719  (which  imposes   liability  on
transactions  when contrary to NYBCL  provisions).  This provision also provides
that if the Company may by law be  permitted  to further  eliminate or limit the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall, at such
time,  automatically  be further  eliminated  or limited to the  fullest  extent
permitted by law.

           As permitted by New York law, the Company maintains certain insurance
covering the Company's  obligation to indemnify  directors and officers and also
covering director and officers individually,  subject to certain limitations, in
instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Company.




<PAGE>



ITEM 7.    EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

           Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS

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

*  4.1         Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  of the Company,  as filed
               with the  Department of State of the State of New York on January
               29, 1997.

   **4.2       Bylaws of the Company, as amended.

   +23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

   +24.1       Power of Attorney (see Page II-5 of this Registration Statement).
-----------------------
+    Filed herewith.

*    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended November 1, 1996 (File No. 1-9232).

**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-9232).

           The  opinion  of  counsel   contemplated  by  Item   601(b)(5)(i)  of
Regulation  S-K is not being  filed  because  the shares of Common  Stock  being
registered  are not original  issue  shares.  In addition,  an Internal  Revenue
Service ("IRS")  determination  letter required under Item  601(b)(5)(ii)(B)  of
Regulation  S-K is not being  filed  because the  Registrant  has  included  the
undertaking contained in Paragraph D of Item 9 hereof.

ITEM 9.    UNDERTAKINGS

           (A)        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1)        To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, 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 the  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 the
registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation  from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus  filed  with  the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule  424(b)  if,  in the
aggregate,  the  changes in volume and price  represent  no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.


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                      (iii) To include any material  information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration  statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, 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 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the 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  offering  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 a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

           (B)        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
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 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of the 1934  Act)  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.

           (C)        Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under
the  Securities  Act of  1933  may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and
controlling persons of the 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 issue.

           (D)        The  Registrant  has received all required  determinations
from the IRS that the Plan, as amended to date,  is qualified  under Section 401
of the Internal  Revenue Code and hereby  undertakes  to submit any amendment to
the Plan to the IRS which is required to be submitted in a timely manner and has
made or will make all changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.




<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

           THE REGISTRANT. 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 New York, State of New York on this 9th day of
February, 1998.

                                        VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ William Shaw
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           William Shaw, Chairman of  the Board,
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints each of Irwin B. Robins, James J. Groberg
and  Jack  Egan  and  each  of  them  with   power  of   substitution,   as  his
attorney-in-fact, in all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration
statement  (including  post-effective  amendments)  and to file the  same,  with
exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,   with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-facts or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

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


   Signature                    Title                              Date


/s/ William Shaw           Chairman of the Board, President    February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Chief Executive Officer) and                        
William Shaw               Director                                             



/s/ James J. Groberg       Senior Vice President               February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Principal Financial Officer)
James J. Groberg           and Director                        



/s Jack Egan               Vice President, Corporate           February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)      
Jack Egan                  Accounting


/s/ Jerome Shaw            Director                            February 9, 1998
------------------------   
Jerome Shaw                                                    



/s/ Irwin B. Robins        Director                            February 9, 1998
------------------------   
Irwin B. Robins                                                



                           Director                            February _, 1998
------------------------   
Mark N. Kaplan



                           Director                            February _, 1998
------------------------   
John R. Torrell, III


<PAGE>



           THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the administrators of the Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Savings Plan have duly
caused  this  registration  statement  to be  signed  on  their  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the City of New York, State of New
York on February 9, 1998.


                                            VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.
                                            SAVINGS PLAN


                                            By:  /s/  James J. Groberg
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               James J. Groberg, Member of the
                                               Administrative Committee




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number               Description


  *4.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with
           the Department of State of the State of New York on January 29, 1997.

 **4.2     Bylaws of the Company, as amended.

 +23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 +24.1     Power of Attorney (see Page II-5 of this Registration Statement).
-----------------------
+    Filed herewith.

*    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended November 1, 1996 (File No. 1-9232).

**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-9232).
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                               ------------------

                         VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           NEW YORK                                              13-5658129
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

       1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
           NEW YORK, NEW YORK                                    10020-1579
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

                  VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            Howard B. Weinreich, Esq.
                         Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
                           1221 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, New York 10020-1579
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (212) 704-2400
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With a copy to:

                             Richard A. Rubin, Esq.
                       Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP
                           1211 Avenue of the Americas
                               New York, NY 10036
                                 (212) 704-6130

APPROXIMATE  DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC:  From time to time
after the effective date of this registration statement.

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Proposed maximum    Proposed maximum     Amount of
Title of securities    Amount to be   offering            aggregate            registration
to be registered       registered(1)  price per share     offering price       fee(2)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par        250,000          $44.3125          $11,078,125          $3,268.05
value $.10 per share
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(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     Registration  Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
     be offered or sold pursuant to the Volt Information Sciences,  Inc. Savings
     Plan.

(2)  Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) based on the average of the high
     and low sales  prices of the  Company's  Common  Stock as  reported  in the
     consolidated reporting system on February 3, 1998.

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PART I

           The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Volt Information Sciences,  Inc. Savings
Plan (the  "Plan") as provided by Rule  428(b)(1)  under the  Securities  Act of
1933, as amended.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

           The  following  documents  heretofore  filed by the Company  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission  (File No. 1-9232) pursuant to Section 13(a)
of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") are incorporated herein
by reference:  (a) the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 1997, (b) the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal
year ended  December 31, 1996 and (c) the  description  of the Company's  Common
Stock  contained in the  Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A filed on
August 7, 1986 under the 1934 Act,  including  any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.

           All documents  subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant
to Section 13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
a document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated  herein by reference shall
be deemed  to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this  Registration
Statement  to the  extent  that a  statement  contained  herein  or in any other
subsequently  filed  document which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.

ITEM 4.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

           Not applicable.

ITEM 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

           Not applicable.
ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

           The New York Business  Corporation Law ("NYBCL") in general permits a
New York  corporation  to indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a
party to an  action  or  proceeding  by  reason of the fact that he or she was a
director or officer of the corporation, or served another entity in any capacity
at the request of the corporation,  against any judgment, fines, amounts paid in
settlement  and  reasonable  expenses,  including  attorney's  fees actually and
necessarily  incurred  as a result of such action or  proceeding,  or any appeal
therein,  if such person acted in good faith, for a purpose he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or, in the case of service for  another  entity,  not opposed
to,  the  best  interests  of  the  corporation  and,  in  criminal  actions  or
proceedings,  in addition  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  that his or her
conduct was unlawful.  The NYBCL generally  permits a corporation to grant other
rights to  indemnification  through its certificate of incorporation or by-laws,
or by  resolution  of  shareholders  or  directors  or by agreement to corporate
officers  and  directors  except in  instances  where a judgment  or other final
adjudication  adverse to the officer or director establishes that (i) his or her
acts were  committed  in bad faith or were the result of active  and  deliberate
dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated,  or (ii) the
officer  or  director  personally  gained  in fact a  financial  profit or other
advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled.

           The  Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  permits the
Company to indemnify any officer, director or other person to the fullest extent
from time to time permitted by law, and provides that, to the extent  consistent
therewith,  the Company  shall  indemnify  or advance  expenses to any  officer,
director or other  person to the fullest  extent  required by or pursuant to any
present or future  by-law of the  Company,  agreement  approved  by the Board of
Directors, or resolution of shareholders or directors.

           In general,  the  Company's  By-Laws  provide that the Company  shall
indemnify  each  corporate  officer and director (as well as any person  serving
another entity,  trust or employee benefit plan in any capacity at the Company's
request)  against  judgments,  fines,  amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  the  defense  or as a  result  of  any
threatened,  pending or completed action,  suit or proceeding  (including civil,
criminal,  administrative or investigative and actions by or in the right of the
Company or other  entity,  trust or employee  benefit  plan) to which the person
seeking  indemnification  is made or  threatened to be made a party by virtue of
serving  in any of  those  capacities,  except  in  instances  where  the  NYBCL
prohibits indemnification.

           In addition,  the Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation
provides that directors  shall not be liable to the Company or its  shareholders
for  damages  for any  breach of duty as a  director,  except  for  liability  a
director  may have for any act or  omission  prior to the  effectiveness  of the
Restated   Certificate  of  Incorporation  or  if  a  judgment  or  other  final
adjudication  adverse to the director  establishes that: (i) the director's acts
or omissions were in bad faith or involved  intentional  misconduct or a knowing
violation of law; (ii) the director personally gained in fact a financial profit
or other advantage to which the director was not legally entitled;  or (iii) the
director's  acts  violated  NYBCL  Section  719  (which  imposes   liability  on
transactions  when contrary to NYBCL  provisions).  This provision also provides
that if the Company may by law be  permitted  to further  eliminate or limit the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall, at such
time,  automatically  be further  eliminated  or limited to the  fullest  extent
permitted by law.

           As permitted by New York law, the Company maintains certain insurance
covering the Company's  obligation to indemnify  directors and officers and also
covering director and officers individually,  subject to certain limitations, in
instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Company.
ITEM 7.    EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

           Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS

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

*  4.1         Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  of the Company,  as filed
               with the  Department of State of the State of New York on January
               29, 1997.

   **4.2       Bylaws of the Company, as amended.

   +23.1       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

   +24.1       Power of Attorney (see Page II-5 of this Registration Statement).
-----------------------
+    Filed herewith.

*    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended November 1, 1996 (File No. 1-9232).

**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-9232).

           The  opinion  of  counsel   contemplated  by  Item   601(b)(5)(i)  of
Regulation  S-K is not being  filed  because  the shares of Common  Stock  being
registered  are not original  issue  shares.  In addition,  an Internal  Revenue
Service ("IRS")  determination  letter required under Item  601(b)(5)(ii)(B)  of
Regulation  S-K is not being  filed  because the  Registrant  has  included  the
undertaking contained in Paragraph D of Item 9 hereof.

ITEM 9.    UNDERTAKINGS

           (A)        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

           (1)        To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, 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 the  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 the
registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation  from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus  filed  with  the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule  424(b)  if,  in the
aggregate,  the  changes in volume and price  represent  no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material  information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration  statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, 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 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the 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  offering  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 a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

           (B)        The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
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 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of the 1934  Act)  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.

           (C)        Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under
the  Securities  Act of  1933  may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and
controlling persons of the 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 issue.

           (D)        The  Registrant  has received all required  determinations
from the IRS that the Plan, as amended to date,  is qualified  under Section 401
of the Internal  Revenue Code and hereby  undertakes  to submit any amendment to
the Plan to the IRS which is required to be submitted in a timely manner and has
made or will make all changes required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
SIGNATURES

           THE REGISTRANT. 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 New York, State of New York on this 9th day of
February, 1998.

                                        VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.

                                        By: /s/ William Shaw
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           William Shaw, Chairman of  the Board,
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

           KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints each of Irwin B. Robins, James J. Groberg
and  Jack  Egan  and  each  of  them  with   power  of   substitution,   as  his
attorney-in-fact, in all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration
statement  (including  post-effective  amendments)  and to file the  same,  with
exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,   with  the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-facts or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

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

   Signature                    Title                              Date

/s/ William Shaw           Chairman of the Board, President    February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Chief Executive Officer) and                        
William Shaw               Director                                             

/s/ James J. Groberg       Senior Vice President               February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Principal Financial Officer)
James J. Groberg           and Director                        

/s Jack Egan               Vice President, Corporate           February 9, 1998
------------------------   (Principal Accounting Officer)      
Jack Egan                  Accounting

/s/ Jerome Shaw            Director                            February 9, 1998
------------------------   
Jerome Shaw                                                    

/s/ Irwin B. Robins        Director                            February 9, 1998
------------------------   
Irwin B. Robins                                                

                           Director                            February _, 1998
------------------------   
Mark N. Kaplan

                           Director                            February _, 1998
------------------------   
John R. Torrell, III
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the administrators of the Volt Information Sciences, Inc. Savings Plan have duly
caused  this  registration  statement  to be  signed  on  their  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the City of New York, State of New
York on February 9, 1998.

                                            VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.
                                            SAVINGS PLAN

                                            By:  /s/  James J. Groberg
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               James J. Groberg, Member of the
                                               Administrative Committee
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number               Description

  *4.1     Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with
           the Department of State of the State of New York on January 29, 1997.

 **4.2     Bylaws of the Company, as amended.

 +23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 +24.1     Power of Attorney (see Page II-5 of this Registration Statement).
-----------------------
+    Filed herewith.

*    Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended November 1, 1996 (File No. 1-9232).

**   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's  Annual Report on
     Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-9232).