The Challenge
We partnered with QBE to enable them to reach their huge global growth plans in 2021 and beyond. They wanted to expand further in the Cloud and DevOps space, particularly with more junior roles. One of QBE’s main focuses as a business was improving the level of diversity within the company, in more ways than one. There was no existing tech grad scheme in place, so we sourced a diverse range of applicants for them, from a range of backgrounds, careers, and disciplines.
The first stage of our partnership with QBE was sourcing talent in the UK – this is set to develop further, with plans to use our _nology Sydney hub to train on a more global level as QBE continues to expand. The initial challenge was to train and embed these Developers within the existing tech team in a short space of time.
Outcomes and benefits
With time to hire and diversity being key challenges for QBE, our consultancy model at _nology was the perfect fit. Our approach allows us to deploy almost immediately, with a pool of job-ready tech talent across the globe.
We quickly placed Junior Software and Cloud Engineers into QBE’s Application Development team, and into the tech area of QBE Reinsurance, where they will continue to be upskilled internally, as well as through ongoing support from _nology coaches, across Cloud and DevOps.
Our QBE _nologists skill sets cover full-stack development, including React, Typescript, and C#. The Cloud side of our curriculum provided training across Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker.
Through our partnership with The Prince’s Trust, we’ve connected with high-potential individuals who’ve embarked on our training course. We’ve placed some of our Prince’s Trust cohort into QBE’s GIS team, with amazing results across the board.
In order to provide a sustainable solution for QBE, we’ve created an ongoing Cloud and DevOps pipeline. This essentially involves bringing job-ready _nology consultants into a team that suits their skill sets and transitioning them into Cloud and DevOps as they progress and develop further. Ultimately, this creates an ongoing flow of permanent hires within their Application Development team and beyond, saving QBE time and resources on recruitment fees and additional training programmes.
We’ve placed into the European Operations area at QBE, as well as added diverse, quality talent into customer-facing vacancies, like Tooling Analysts, Power BI, Power Automate, and JIRA roles.