{"id":23975,"date":"2025-05-01T14:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/?page_id=23975"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T01:41:58","slug":"life-after-curtin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/life-after-curtin\/","title":{"rendered":"Life after Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Graduating is just the beginning of an exciting journey. Whether you\u2019re looking for career guidance, professional development opportunities, or life advice, we\u2019ve got you covered. You\u2019ll find inspiration here that will empower and encourage you to stay ahead and thrive in every aspect of your life to help you take the next step forward in shaping a future that\u2019s bold, inspiring, and uniquely yours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career advice<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-posts-id-23975_af8282-21 .entry.loop-entry .entry-header .entry-title{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-xl, 3rem);}.kb-posts-id-23975_af8282-21 .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-23975_af8282-21 content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-3 item-image-style-above\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-28356 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-business tag-career-advice tag-curtin-university-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/rising-with-purpose-board-chair-executive-marion-fulker-am-on-courage-resilience-and-lifting-others-up\/\" aria-label=\"Rising with purpose: Board Chair executive Marion Fulker AM on courage, resilience and lifting others up\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"curtin graduate marion fulker\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/rising-with-purpose-board-chair-executive-marion-fulker-am-on-courage-resilience-and-lifting-others-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rising with purpose: Board Chair executive Marion Fulker AM on courage, resilience and lifting others up<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-03-20T12:46:10+08:00\">20\/03\/2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-03-20T12:51:26+08:00\">20\/03\/2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>This International Women\u2019s Day, Curtin Master of Business graduate and respected Western Australian leader Marion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-26550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-career-advice\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/from-modelling-for-burberry-to-working-at-adobe-sarah-tilleke-shares-biggest-career-lessons\/\" aria-label=\"From modelling for Burberry to working at Adobe: Sarah Tilleke shares biggest career lessons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-19T105235.647-768x402.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"curtin business graduate and former model sarah tilleke\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-19T105235.647-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Untitled-design-2025-08-19T105235.647.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/from-modelling-for-burberry-to-working-at-adobe-sarah-tilleke-shares-biggest-career-lessons\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">From modelling for Burberry to working at Adobe: Sarah Tilleke shares biggest career lessons<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-08-19T10:59:36+08:00\">19\/08\/2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-03-20T12:47:25+08:00\">20\/03\/2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Spending more than a decade of her life modelling for some of the most prestigious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-26080 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-career-advice\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/project-metallurgist-sandrine-symons-on-how-to-get-the-career-you-want-and-set-yourself-up-for-success\/\" aria-label=\"Project Metallurgist Sandrine Symons on how to get the career you want and set yourself up for success\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/1752468038024-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Project Metallurgist Sandrine Symons on how to get the career you want and set yourself up for success\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/1752468038024-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/1752468038024.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/project-metallurgist-sandrine-symons-on-how-to-get-the-career-you-want-and-set-yourself-up-for-success\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Project Metallurgist Sandrine Symons on how to get the career you want and set yourself up for success<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-07-14T10:59:00+08:00\">14\/07\/2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-07-29T11:32:01+08:00\">29\/07\/2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>From struggling in chemistry and physics at school, Sandrine Symons made it her mission to pursue a career she was told wouldn\u2019t be possible.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"button\"\n        \n        data-align=\"center\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Button block\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n    \n<div class=\"block-heading hidden\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"button-block\">Button block<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                        \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n                    <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/career-advice\/\"\n    class=\"button  button--deep-blue filled\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a>\n    <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional development advice<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-posts-id-23975_0014ac-c6 .entry.loop-entry .entry-header .entry-title{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-xl, 3rem);}.kb-posts-id-23975_0014ac-c6 .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-23975_0014ac-c6 content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-3 item-image-style-above\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-26850 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-professional-development\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/tall-poppies-leadership-founder-from-struggling-to-fit-in-to-teaching-others-to-stand-tall\/\" aria-label=\"Tall Poppies Leadership Founder: From struggling to fit in, to teaching others to stand tall\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-01T085702.717-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"curtin graduate and tall poppies founder kim lancer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-01T085702.717-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-01T085702.717-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-2025-10-01T085702.717.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/tall-poppies-leadership-founder-from-struggling-to-fit-in-to-teaching-others-to-stand-tall\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tall Poppies Leadership Founder: From struggling to fit in, to teaching others to stand tall<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-10-02T08:03:30+08:00\">02\/10\/2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-03-20T12:47:16+08:00\">20\/03\/2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Standing tall didn\u2019t come easily for Tall Poppies Founder Kim Lancer. As a young girl, she was singled out and teased for her curly hair.<\/p>\n<p>Today, she celebrates that same uniqueness and inspires others to embrace their own.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-24335 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-linkedin tag-professional-development\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/the-curtin-graduate-who-helped-bring-the-bold-vision-for-the-2025-perth-festival-to-life\/\" aria-label=\"Perth Festival Head on becoming a leader in the creative industry\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/1740452219005-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Perth Festival Head on becoming a leader in the creative industry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/1740452219005-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/1740452219005.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/the-curtin-graduate-who-helped-bring-the-bold-vision-for-the-2025-perth-festival-to-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Perth Festival Head on becoming a leader in the creative industry<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-02-25T13:16:13+08:00\">25\/02\/2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-06-20T12:56:52+08:00\">20\/06\/2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Growing up in a working-class migrant family, Marina shares how she went from attending Australia\u2019s longest-running arts festival to helping run one of Perth\u2019s biggest calendar events.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-22211 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-life-after-curtin tag-linkedin tag-professional-development\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/curtin-graduates-empowering-young-people-to-speak-up\/\" aria-label=\"Curtin graduates empowering young people to speak up\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/1732581807162-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Curtin graduates empowering young people to speak up\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/1732581807162-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/1732581807162.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/category\/life-after-curtin\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Life after Curtin<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/friends\/curtin-graduates-empowering-young-people-to-speak-up\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Curtin graduates empowering young people to speak up<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">Curtin Friends<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-11-26T12:01:20+08:00\">26\/11\/2024<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-05-13T10:53:58+08:00\">13\/05\/2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Curtin Health Promotion grads Nicolette Beard and Kate Raston turned a road trip into a mission. 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