TalentConnect is a Victorian government platform connecting skilled migrants and international professionals in cyber and digital technology with employers across Victoria, Australia.
The TalentConnect website is built by Cturtle using its proprietary TalentMatch technology on behalf of the Victorian government’s skilled and business migration program.
With a global talent shortage, and an estimated 84 million candidate shortfall by 2030, Cturtle’s mission is to helps companies, governments, and universities track and engage global talent and alumni by using big data and AI-driven insights.
While its TalentMatch feature connects international graduates, alumni and high demand global talent with jobs, Cturtle is also being used by universities across Australia, the UK and the US in a number of different ways.
There are ways that universities can use the data that we have to help their rankings. That’s always a huge focus of the universities
Shane Dillon, Cturtle
“There are ways that universities can use the data that we have to help their rankings. That’s always a huge focus of the universities,” Shane Dillon, founder of Cturtle, told The PIE.
Cturtle equips universities with verified graduate data including employment rates, salaries, industries, and job locations, aligned with global ranking metrics. This helps institutions showcase impact by program, degree level, and graduate demographic.
According to Dillon, universities are also using the platform to track and reconnect with alumni. “We’re tracking their employment data, we tend to also have up-to-date contact information, so the universities can use that,” said Dillon.
Cturtle identifies and tracks alumni – even those not active in alumni networks – providing universities with a clearer picture of graduate outcomes and mobility.
Having these data insights, through a database of 2.5 million international alumni employment and salary outcomes, can also be useful in demonstrating the return on investment to the prospective students, the Cturtle founder told The PIE.
With growing calls from students for greater transparency, Cturtle provides data on graduate outcomes — including salaries, industries, and employers — for individual academic programs. The aim is to support recruitment, strengthen trust, and help institutions stand out in an increasingly competitive global education market.
