Case Study: Student Job Search achieves real-time insights and 90% faster monthly reporting with Splunk Enterprise

Student Job Search Enables Informed Decision-Making With Real-Time Visualizations

Student Job Search Aotearoa (SJS) is a New Zealand not‑for‑profit, student‑association owned service that connects tertiary students with employers. With large volumes of log and transactional data coming from multiple systems, limited IT resources, and manual monthly reporting that took several days to compile to meet funding KPIs, SJS lacked a single, visible source of truth for operations and stakeholder reporting.

SJS deployed Splunk Enterprise on AWS to centralize logs and data, create drill‑down dashboards, and enable real‑time visualizations. The result was a dramatic speedup in reporting (monthly reports now take hours, a ~90% improvement), faster troubleshooting and higher customer satisfaction, smarter geo‑targeted marketing, and improved security and service reliability—turning underused data into actionable insights.

Student Job Search

Phil Tanner

Chief Technology Officer