Susan Surgener

Susan’s time spent working in the higher education sector spans almost 20 years.

Susan really enjoys working with, and working for students and has a great interest in seeing students finding out what they are good at and then going on to do well in their work and in their lives. In fact, if you were to put her through a career assessment inventory she would likely come out as people focused, investigative and administrative; which, luckily, is a pretty good match for the job she actually does.

Beyond work, Susan has an interest in all things artistic despite (self-confessed) no real talent for any of them: can’t paint, can’t sew, can’t act, can’t dance and can’t sing. Subsequently, she sticks to reading and writing!

Workplace Update #2

April 8, 2020

Well we, at Careers, Employment & Leadership, are into our first official ‘working remotely’ week, otherwise known as WFH. You can, of course, still contact us by all the usual means except for ‘in… Read More

Navigating video interviews

April 2, 2020

Lots of the graduate program applications are really transparent. What do we mean by that? Well, they’ve gone to a lot of trouble to give a step-by-step account of who they’re looking for and what happens… Read More

Workplace Update #1

March 31, 2020

Welcome to our very first ever Workplace Update! Let’s face it – there are lots of changes going on right now. We’re understandably keeping an even closer eye on employment – and any changes… Read More

Virtual Recruitment

March 30, 2020

It looks like now’s the time to get ready to embrace all sorts of newfangled technology. For those of you who’ve been busy applying to join graduate programs in 2021, employers are letting us know that… Read More

Changing your rhythm

March 18, 2020

There’s no doubt, we’re all having to very quickly adapt to new ways of working. But, if you treat uni and your studies as your main job, you can probably more easily – and quickly – get into a new… Read More

Ready for the real stuff?

March 3, 2020

What with getting organised for O Week/Week 1 and just getting back into uni in general, you might not have noticed graduate program applications are open. Yes – they are OPEN NOW! Three of The Big… Read More

JCW – a chance to lead

February 27, 2020

You might have heard of Curtin Volunteers? Otherwise known as CV! (Trademark exclamation mark included as part of their brand!) CV! run a number of amazing community projects, with one in particular ranging… Read More

Surveys – it’s all in the timing

February 11, 2020

Talk about good timing! The Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) has just released their Top 75 Graduate Employers! So, what’s it all about? Well, it’s real insights from actual grads…. Read More

Guess what? CV not required!

February 4, 2020

Graduate and vacation program applications are pretty intense. Often, applying to these programs can be a four-step process, at a minimum. If you’re time poor – or just not very organised – you might… Read More

2021 Grad programs

January 28, 2020

Guess what? The break is over! Well, at least if you’re in your final year and are thinking about applying for formal graduate programs. Oh, and if you’ve got another year of study to go, you’re not off the… Read More