End‑to‑End Graduate Hiring for AFP
Helping the Australian Federal Police (AFP) deliver a streamlined and scalable graduate recruitment program for its 2024 intake.
5,900+
Applications processed.
260
Candidates placed in a merit pool.
10
Streams for recruitment and selection.
Challenge
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) engaged Chandler Macleod to support the recruitment and selection of its 2024, 2025 and 2026 Graduate Program cohorts across 10 diverse streams:
- Arts and Design (Communication and Media)
- Arts, Humanities and Justice (International Relations, International Studies)
- Business (Accounting, Human Resources, Commerce, Project Management, Taxation, Finance, Business)
- Criminology (Security Studies, Counter Terrorism, Intelligence & Security)
- Education
- Engineering (Information Technology, Software Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Cyber Security)
- Health (Nursing, Exercise Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health Sciences)
- Law (Legal Studies, Law and Justice, Policy)
- Science (Forensics)
- Social Science (Psychology, Anthropology)
In addition, Chandler Macleod was required to deliver recruitment services for AFP’s Directions intake, supporting entry‑level Indigenous talent pathways.
Operating in an extremely competitive graduate market, AFP needed a recruitment process that delivered both scale and quality while ensuring a positive candidate experience. It was also mission‑critical that the virtual assessment centre process ran smoothly, as the 2024 intake marked the reintroduction of assessment centres into AFP’s entry‑level recruitment model. Ensuring consistency, efficiency and robust talent identification across multiple streams and systems presented a significant operational challenge.
It was testament to the success of our initial engagement with the AFP providing recruitment services for their 2024 graduate intake, that Chandler Macleod achieved a contract extension to provide recruitment services for the 2025 and 2026 graduate intakes as well.
Solution
Over the past three AFP graduate intakes, Chandler Macleod has partnered with the AFP to support the delivery of large‑scale, entry‑level recruitment campaigns, combining strategic advisory support with end‑to‑end operational delivery across recruitment, assessment, and selection.
Our approach included:
Results
Over three years, Chandler Macleod has worked in partnership with the AFP Emerging Talent Team to conduct a recruitment process that delivered strong engagement and effective talent identification outcomes:
5,900+
Applications Received
with all applicants completing a blended cognitive aptitude assessment
2,750+
Applications Reviewed
for eligibility and discipline‑to‑stream alignment
260
Candidates
assessed as suitable and placed into a merit pool
Across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 AFP graduate intakes, the assessment centres successfully identified high‑quality graduate talent, with AFP’s emerging talent team continuing to work with business areas to meet their ongoing recruitment targets.
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