SAS Workforce Connection Program

Join our new digital platform in partnership with RiBit

Kick start your career in analytics!

With an industry skills gap looming, and an estimated 85% of Fortune 500 organisations unable to effectively exploit big data, now is the perfect time to supplement your SAS skills with hands-on work experience within a SAS customer organisation.

For over a decade SAS has been committed to helping university students with SAS skills and knowledge, gain work placement with SAS customers. In partnership with RiBit we are excited to announce, NEW look SAME commitment, with the launch of our new digital matching service - connecting more students with more employers.

According to a McKinsey Global Institute Study, the shortage of data scientists and analysts could reach 250,000—by 2024. McKinsey Global Institute Study

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This new platform matches students with SAS skills to SAS customers, offering an opportunity for university students to put theory into practice, and gain valuable industry experience, while helping organisations meet their needs for talented people across Australia. Grab the opportunity not only to boost your existing academic training with real-world data experience, but also to get valuable industry exposure that will jump you ahead of the field. Check out two SAS customers who have benefited from the Work Placement Program - Flexigroup and Nine Network.

If you don't have any SAS skills or you are not enrolled in a SAS - sponsored University course, don't worry. We have a free online eLearning program – SAS® SKILL BUILDER FOR STUDENTS, that you can complete yourself and offer the skills that our customers are looking for. Become part of the SAS - RiBit community and leap into your next work placement.

Why choose a career in analytics? A recent study confirmed what thousands of employees already know: SAS skills are the biggest pay differentiator in the market. Money and PayScale analyzed 54 million employee profiles, across 350 industries, with 15,000 job titles – from entry-level workers to top execs. The result: an authoritative list of the skills with the best payoff in the workforce today.

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SAS Work Placement Alumni

Ke Shen
(Westpac) UNSW

"The placement really allowed me to apply my analytical skills to the most challenging problems within a great organization. I was given the flexibility and responsibility to innovatively approach a problem that could make a positive impact to the community."

Louis Dang
(ANZ Bank) RMIT

“The SAS work Placement program has provided me with invaluable industry experience, especially in such a big company like ANZ. Having the opportunity to participate in the program is a step in the right direction for anyone wanting to pursue a career in analytics.”

Xiao (Angus) Zhou
(Westpac) UNSW

“Thanks SAS Workplace Program for giving me this opportunity to work in the Australian Banking Industry. In this 12 weeks’ program, you can not only find how your skills can add value to the business but also learn other practical skills that are suitable for your career. If you plan to become a data analyst, this program is your best choice to gain some insights about the company can utilize the data to support their business."
Fahim A. Al Jahangir
(MeBank – VIC) La Trobe

“As an international student, getting a chance at internships is a real challenge for most. Thanks to SAS summer internship program and my SAS skillset I learn from my University courses, I was able to gain a well rounded experience by interning full time at one of the major financial organisation. Besides learning the technical analytics skills, the internship helped me pickup a lot of soft skills such as team work, regular meetings, jargons, presentations and communicating in a work environment. Besides that I was able to experience and integrate myself with the mindset of Australian Work Culture.”

Mahesh Krishnan
(MeBank – VIC) La Trobe

“I was fortunate enough to get my work placement opportunity at ME (Members Equity) Bank's Melbourne office through SAS Work Placement program. It was my first experience working at a bank, and it just couldn't have been better. SAS Work Placement team did an amazing job in matching my skill set to the skills required by ME Bank, which made my transition to work all the more easier. I was able to utilize all of my learning from my Master of Business Analytics course at La Trobe Business School at ME Bank on an everyday basis.

The internship helped me immensely to get my hands on with the bank's data warehouse, concepts of which were taught to me in my course. Needless to say, ME Bank's Risk team was really supportive in helping me understand their work and also take my inputs in aligning possible analytics to make the insights all the more meaningful. The final insights of my work that I presented at the end of my internship, gave me immense confidence and motivation, and helped me understand that data analytics indeed goes a long way in transforming businesses.”

Huan Dwight Liu
(Westpac) UNSW

“My experience with SAS started in 2015, the tool was introduced when my previous employer implemented this new software to update the internal analytics power and data storage system. I realized we don't have to conduct all the calculation and visualization through Excel sheets anymore.

Through my previous enjoyable encounter with SAS, I quickly applied through the SAS Placement Program when I started job searching for last summer. Through the twelve weeks I was able to I was able to work on projects which were building repositories through raw data sets after data cleaning and basic summary statistics generation. Together with interaction with colleagues in the office this experience equipped me with both hard skills in operating analytics software and soft skills in stakeholder connection, effective communication and teamwork. I would highly recommend this program to related personnel".
Jasmine Kaur
(Westpac) UTS

“SAS work placement program gave me the opportunity to apply my acquired knowledge to real hands-on work experience and gain industry knowledge by working alongside of experienced professionals. During my work placement, which involved writing SAS codes, working with complex datasets and preparing reports for the stakeholders, I developed deep passion for working in data analytics domain. Moreover, the feedback from the managers and other colleagues helped me to learn about my strengths and weaknesses and put on course for my professional development journey. It was indeed a very rewarding and satisfying experience for me and it helped me to kick start my career into the banking industry.”

Dylan Watterson
(Westpac) UTS

“The SAS Work Placement Program was great exposure for what is to come once I graduate and gave me a head start on my future subjects at University. All members at Westpac were friendly, welcoming and made me feel part of the team. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a challenge and a great experience!"

Sarfraz Malvi
(NSW Department of Industry) Macquarie Uni

“The SAS work placement program has provided me with the incredible opportunity to work with government department after I finished my graduation. Working as SAS analyst was a great opportunity for not only building my SAS skills but also it helps me to develop my communication skills and technical skills as well. At the department, I got an experience to work with huge datasets which give me an opportunity to find out the insights of metadata sets using SAS Enterprise guide and also realized that how powerful the SAS tool is in data analytics. I enjoyed a lot using my programming and analytical skill during 8 weeks placement program.”
Nithin Meda
(ANZ Bank) RMIT

“The SAS Work Placement program is an excellent opportunity for university students to gain Exposure on SAS and to learn how SAS work in Industries. It was tremendous feeling when I am working on TeraDeta on SAS platform so easily during my Internship. I would suggest every Analytics student to learn SAS and to gain experience on SAS.”

Rushil R. Sirur
(ANZ Bank) RMIT

“The SAS Work Placement Internship was a great experience which allowed me to gain practical experience and learn how analytics is practiced in the industry. It helped me further develop my technical and soft skills, and I would highly recommend the program to other students.”

Jeremiah Gichonge
(RACV) Deakin

“The SAS Work Placement program provided me with an opportunity to practise the theory I had learnt in my masters program in a real world environment (using real data and with a real impact). Additionally, as a result of this opportunity, I was able to secure an extended contract. This will greatly contribute to the work experience requirement of the ACS.”
Hanumanth P. Tatikonda
(RACV) La Trobe

“SAS Workplace Program has been one of the most valuable experiences for me. Unlike the classroom learning, it allowed me to my first exposure to large datasets. During the three months internship, I have acquired valuable skills such as data preparation, data manipulation and building models. Consequently, I could build and implement my first predictive model. Honestly, I would like to divide my analytics journey into two parts one before SAS Workplace Program, where I had limited analytical skills and knowledge; and another SAS Workplace Program which has polished me to take up any type of analytical task. Also, one of the benefits which I gained from this Program is valuable mentorship from leading analytics professionals at the workplace. The platform provided by this internship is highly valuable as it has increased my confidence, practical knowledge and most importantly the much-required analytical skills. I thank SAS for providing me such a great opportunity which has potentially changed how I do analytics.”

Mohmedzayd A. Mansuri
(Coca Cola) UTS

“SAS work placement program is a golden opportunity that provided me the exposure to the professional work environment in Australia. SAS work placement program helped me kick start my career in the Data Science industry providing me with invaluable experience.”