Case Study: AFL builds a scalable, skills-based hiring process with Vervoe

How the AFL Built a Scalable, Skills-Based Hiring Process in Under Two Weeks

The Australian Football League (AFL) partnered with Vervoe to improve its graduate hiring process for the AFL Grad Program. Facing high application volumes, the AFL needed a fair, scalable way to assess every applicant on capability rather than relying only on CV screening, while keeping the process candidate-friendly and aligned to its values.

Vervoe helped the AFL build and launch a custom skills-based graduate assessment in under two weeks. The new process drove strong engagement, with more than 1,800 candidates starting the assessment, an 83% invite-to-start ratio, a 97% completion rate, and 4.6/5 candidate satisfaction, giving the AFL clearer signals of candidate quality before assessment day.

AFL

Brit Wood

Career Development Lead