World's Largest Recruitment Process Outsourcing Partnership

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. The Australian Defence Force first partnered with ManpowerGroup in 2003 to create the first Defence Force Recruiting (DFR) contract. This unique private-public collaborative effort was an industry first and continues to evolve into its second decade.

The DFR engagement is managed from its own headquarters and includes a candidate relationship management center and 16 national recruiting centers. More than 20,000 – 40,000 candidates are processed annually for the Australian Navy, Army and Air Force.

“An increasing number of employers worldwide are seeking to outsource the permanent recruitment function as this enhances their flexibility and efficiency in securing the right talent,“ said Darryl Green, ManpowerGroup President of Asia Pacific and Middle East. “ManpowerGroup clients continue to tell us that our deep recruiting insight, innovation and rigorous processes enable us to deliver the best talent.“

Under the new contract, beginning in November of this year, ManpowerGroup will continue to manage the largest and most complex RPO program in the world for the next five years. If successful in exceeding the ADF’s outcome-based requirements the contract can grow to 10 years. ManpowerGroup will manage two major subcontractors, Corporate Health Group Defence (CHG Defence) for the provision of medical services, and Hewlett-Packard (HP) for ICT services.

"The size and complexity of DFR’s recruiting services contract is second to none and the recruiting environment is becoming increasingly complex,“ said Air Commodore Henrik Ehlers, the Director General of Defence Force Recruiting. “We need to ensure that DFR continues to innovate in order to meet ADF requirements in the future. Today’s announcement of ManpowerGroup as our collaborative Recruiting Services partner, after an open competitive tender process, helps to ensure we do this." ManpowerGroup • Level 22, Tower 2, Darling Park, 201 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000 • www.manpowergroup.com.au

In this unique initiative, ManpowerGroup manages Recruiting Services for the ADF. DFR is an integrated organisation comprising personnel from the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Public Service, ManpowerGroup, Corporate Health Group Defence and Hewlett-Packard.

"We are proud to be selected as a long-term collaborative and strategic partner for the Australian Defence Force,” said Lincoln Crawley, ManpowerGroup Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand. “The strategic workforce challenges faced by our clients are becoming more complex. ManpowerGroup will continue to work alongside Defence to meet and exceed the ADF’s recruiting needs and help solve the challenges and recruiting priorities of Australia’s Navy, Army and Air Force."

This RPO contract solidifies ManpowerGroup’s position as the global leader in RPO delivery. The ADF’s complex requirements include a range of roles, high quality standards and the quantity of recruits required. The number can exceed 10,000 new entrants annually. DFR recruits more than 300 different job types for permanent and part-time officers, sailors, soldiers and airmen/women. Specialist roles such as engineers, technicians, doctors, legal professionals and pilots are included.

"ManpowerGroup‘s extensive global capability and deep understanding of our client’s requirements enable us to deliver such a complex RPO solution to the Australian Defence Force, in order to meet their needs over the next decade,“ Green said. “Our expertise as the world’s RPO leader and demonstrated capability and experience within DFR, and our ongoing close relationship with the ADF have demonstrated that."

ManpowerGroup was recently ranked as both the Leader and Star Performer in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix, published in the April 2012 Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) — Service Provider Landscape and Capability Assessment report. This is the second consecutive year ManpowerGroup has been recognized as the Leader by Everest Group, further cementing its status as the top global provider of RPO solutions.

More information about Defence Force Recruiting is available at www.defencejobs.gov.au

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ManpowerGroup Australia & New Zealand

ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and services, has been helping clients and candidates win in Australia and New Zealand since 1964 and 1996 respectively. With over 50 branches across both countries, ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand provides unique value to clients and candidates through its Manpower, Experis, Manpower Professional and Right Management brands, as well as delivering outcome-based solutions through our Managed Service provider, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Strategic Workforce Consulting, Talent Based Outsourcing and Borderless Talent Solutions. This is the Human Age, where access to talent has replaced access to capital as the key competitive differentiator. ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand creates powerful connections between organisations and the talent they need to enhance their competitiveness and unleash their workforce potential. By creating these powerful connections, we help everybody achieve more than they imagined, and power the world of work.

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ManpowerGroup is the most trusted brand in the industry, being the only company in our industry to be named to the Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies list for our proven commitment to ethical business practices, including an outstanding commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate social responsibility. In addition, ManpowerGroup has also been recognized as the industry leader by Fortune magazine, who named the company in first place on its 2011 list of the Most Admired Companies in the temporary help sector.

In January 2011, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, ManpowerGroup announced the world has entered the Human Age, where talent has replaced capital as the key competitive differentiator. Learn more about this new age at www.manpowergroup.com/humanage

About Defence Force Recruiting (DFR)

DFR is a public sector/private sector collaboration between the Department of Defence and ManpowerGroup to provide an integrated recruitment organisation for the Australian Defence Force. DFR is a collaborative, composite organisation comprising personnel from the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Public Service, ManpowerGroup, Corporate Health Group Defence and Hewlett-Packard.

DFR is amongst the largest and most complex Recruitment Process Outsourcing arrangements globally. It includes a Headquarters, a Candidate Relationship Management Centre and 16 recruiting centres spread across Australia.

DFR generally attracts 70,000 - 120,000 enquiries; processes between 20,000 – 40,000 candidate applications; delivering end-to-end recruitment to Navy, Army and Air Force for a high volume of recruits, which can exceed 10,000 per year.

More information about Defence Force Recruiting is available at www.defencejobs.gov.au

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