Our soldiers are our army.  The way we choose them is the way we create the army of the future.  The recruiting plan is central to our defence.

Right now our priority is to create a diverse, inclusive and strong Defence Force.  In that order.

This isn't a reference document sitting on the shelf. 

Adherence is a requirement for every member of the DFR group:

So who is Ian Stoneman?  He's recently left the job, but his LinkedIn page tells us this about his job title and responsibilities:

Director Recruiting Services, Defence Force Recruiting

Defence Jobs Australia

A public sector/private sector collaboration which delivers an integrated recruiting capability for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
Defence Force Recruiting (DFR) is a partnership between the ADF and ManpowerGroup. The contract is the largest recruitment outplacement contract in the world. DFR is responsible for recruiting all ab initio positions for the Australian Navy, Army and Air Force, across multiple avenues of entry (Officer, General Entry, Full Time, Part Time). The objective for FY 2014-15 is to recruit over 7800 people. 
ManpowerGroup provides recruiting and marketing services to DFR through its contract with the ADF. As the Director I have direct responsibility for end to end contract management and compliance, facilities management, marketing, candidate management including psychological assessment and on-boarding, together with the management of two major sub-contractors for the provision of IT and Medical Services.

So who or what is ManpowerGroup?

The ADF's recruitment plan was put together by ManpowerGroup - US company with a market capitalisation of $USD4.7BN listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

And here's part Manpower's announcement of the contract we handed it.

20th August 2012

ManpowerGroup Solutions Ranked as World's Largest RPO Provider by NelsonHall

Global Footprint is Key to Meeting the Needs of Growing Employers

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, is honored that its ManpowerGroup Solutions RPO business has been named the largest global recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider in the "HR Outsourcing Market Forecast: 2012 - 2016," produced by the BPO industry analyst firm NelsonHall for the second consecutive year.

 In April of this year, ManpowerGroup Solutions RPO announced a $400 million contract for recruiting services over the next five years to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). This new contract set a record as the industry's largest RPO partnership.

https://www.manpowergroup.com.au/press/press-releases.aspx

Here are some more details at the time it won this much expanded contract (Manpower had a role with ADF recruitment dating back to 2003, but nothing like the extent of this!)

27/04/2012

ManpowerGroup Announces World's Largest Recruitment Process Outsourcing Partnership
Australian Defence Force Retains ManpowerGroup to Expand Strategic Workforce Expertise and Innovation in Recruiting its Workforce

CANBERRA (27 April 2012) - ManpowerGroup, (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced a new contract, worth at least $400 million over five years, for Recruiting Services to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The new contract renews ManpowerGroup's Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) collaboration with the ADF for the next five years - and has set a record as the industry's largest RPO partnership. 

The contract covers the entire recruiting process - including marketing, recruiting operations, medical and psychological assessments and the coordination of selection boards and employment offers.

Here's some corporate information

One third of its stock is held by these institutional investors, none of whom are resident in Australia.

And we have given it its biggest contract.  The numbers are staggering.  Here are some extracts from the Austender.gov.au website. 

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MILITARY RECRUITING SERVICES