Assessing, supplying and managing
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1959
Established 1959 by Alf Chandler & Doug Macleod. Australia's first firm of registered psychologists.
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1995
Formation of Labour Ready.
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1997
BestFit™ trademarked, including role design and competency assessment, psychologist and temperament assessments.
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2000
Merger of Chandler Macleod with Labour Ready to form Chandler Macleod Group (CMG).
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2002
Acquired Recruitment Solutions.
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2005
Merger with Forestaff (est. 1980) to create Chandler Macleod Limited, second largest ASX Limited company in our sector.
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2009
Chandler Macleod's 50th anniversary year.
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2010
Acquired Ross Human Directions, expanding our market share in recruitment.
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2011
Added to the All Ordinaries Index. Expanded our footprint into Asia, further building our international network through the acquisition of Inspire Search and Selection (HK & Singapore) and Advanced Career International (Indonesia).
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2012
Acquired AHS Services Group, Trilogy Resources Pty Ltd and Vivir.
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2013
Acquired 40% of Cornerstone Global Partners Limited expanding our footprint into China and Grafton Consulting, rounding out our service offering in NZ.
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2014
Awarded the RCSA Mclaren Award for Workplace Safety.
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2015
Chandler Macleod Group becomes a fully owned subsidiary of Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd, one of the leading staffing companies globally, who are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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2019
Celebrates 60 years in business. CM merges with Peoplebank becoming the second largest staffing firm in Australia and APAC.
Introduction
With over 1,000 internal employees and 20,000 employees out working on client sites, the Chandler Macleod Group is one of the region’s largest employers – so we know what it takes to recruit, select and retain the best people. In fact, everything we do relates to unleashing potential in people and companies; from providing today’s career opportunities to planning, measuring and managing the workforces of tomorrow.
Unleashing Potential.
At the heart of our commitment to unleashing potential is BestFit™. Founded in 1959, Chandler Macleod was built on psychometric assessment of employees and candidates, to ensure we find the right person-job-environment fit, which allows our people to realise and unleash their potential. After all, no matter what the market conditions, the fact is you can only really take your business to the next level if you have the right people to take you there.
Enhancing Capability
Now over 60 years on, Chandler Macleod Group has diversified and built a portfolio of businesses that provide BestFit™ people, manage people resources, and enhance people capabilities to share the future of the workplace and unleash the potential of individuals, teams, organisations and communities.
A few key facts.
We’ve been unleashing the potential of individuals, teams and organisations since 1959.
We’re a Member of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd, the 4th largest staffing company in the world. We have more than 35 offices across Australasia, with 1,000 employees working in CMG offices each day.
We have 20,000 employees working on client sites each month.
We assess 24,000 people each year.
Our BestFit™ methodology is unique in our industry.
We’re proudly the 2014 winner of the RCSA McLean Award for Workplace Safety.
We are certified to ISO9001:2008 Quality Management Standard, OHSAS 18001:2007 and AS/NZS 4801:2001 Occupational Health and Safety Management standards.
Our customer base spans a broad cross section of the Australian economy, including 60% of the ASX 100 & many world-leading Fortune 500 companies
