Case study
Students add real business value across Westpac
Learn how Westpac is placing Australia’s top young talent on its projects, delivering immediate business value through new skills and fresh perspectives.
We have trialled Hatch and are now converts to not only what it is trying to do - accessing young, ambitious, diverse and capable minds - but also the manner in which it is done, with easy, clear and compliant onboarding.
Jim Tate
Chief Product Officer, Westpac Business Bank
The need
Power projects with emerging skills and fresh perspectives
As an industry leader, Westpac is constantly innovating across an exciting range of projects. Fast access to emerging skills and top talent is needed to help deliver business outcomes.
Looking for
Junior developers, analysts, marketers, and designers.
Size
10,000+ employees
Industry
Financial Services, Technology
The solution
Hatch provided easy access to exceptional young talent for projects
Westpac has piloted Hatch primarily in the Business Bank with strong success; 50+ students, 60% of which are women, and over 50% in analytics & tech roles. Students have made such an impact that over half the placements have been extended and many pipelined to full time positions.
The impact
1,112
Students applied
220
Shortlisted by Hatch
58
Students placed
Hatch Students at Westpac
Hatch students are working in analytics, tech, marketing, design and ops roles at Westpac.
Skills
Performance
91% of students were rated by managers as adding great or good value across all companies.
Hatch role match
Hatch matches project needs with talented students
Heath is a Senior Manager in the Digital Solutions team and has placed 4 Hatch students so far, meeting his project needs.
Westpac · Sydney
Jnr Product Manager
The Global Transaction Services team, within Westpac's Institutional Bank, explores, creates and manages the newest trends and technologies (mobility, digital payments, big data, etc.) that are then applied to solve real-world customer challenges. We're after a fantastic Junior Product Manager to help us with the migration of 1000 customers to a new product, and liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure it is completed.
The main benefit from Hatch is having exceptionally talented Hatch students take on defined projects and delivering outcomes for what would otherwise be impossible to do.
Heath - Hatch manager
Senior Manager, Digital Solutions
Heath is a pleasure to work with and a stellar example of how one should carry themselves with sensitivity, understanding and confidence when leading a team.
Michelle - Hatch student
Junior Product Manager
Top skills