Kate Southam
Workplace writer and coach,Kate has been covering employment for a decade and was the founding editor of CareerOne.com.au. She currently writes a careers newspaper and online column for News Ltd, the Cube Farmer about work on news.com.au and she is a regular contributor to radio, magazines and TV.
Nowadays Kate also consults to companies on communication and workplace projects as well as provides career coaching to individuals through her company: http://www.katesoutham.com.
For many years Kate was a news reporter working with ABC radio in North Queensland, the Sunday Morning Post in Hong Kong and the Sydney Morning Herald and ninemsn in Sydney.
Career highlights include being a young journalist in Hong Kong in the 80s where an assignment could be “go to China tomorrow” and drinking vodka on a roof top in Bucharest with diplomats, prostitutes, journalists and “political advisers” while working as a media gopher to a Romanian presidential candidate.
Kate is highly curious about most things but her latest fascinations are life in the Middle Ages - those 45+, “her people”, changes in social norms, social justice, food and anything about how great animals are, particularly the ones we live with.
Articles by Kate Southam
The diary of a wartime entertainer
Lorrae Desmond spent the weekend honouring the Aussie soldiers who went to Vietnam. She was at the wreath laying ceremony…... Read more
Staying in the closet at work
Some of the comments on Lucy Kippist’s recent blog about US TV news personality Anderson Cooper going public about his…... Read more
There’s no couple space in the workplace
According to RSVP, 28 per cent of us find lurve at work. Community newspaper group Quest ran the story along…... Read more
Don’t rely on an employer to keep your skills relevant
If there is a message in the redundancy announcements of the last week it is, “do not rely on your…... Read more
The only problem with outsourcing: We don’t get it
I reckon the Internet has turned the average person into an outsourcer and even “offshorer”. A shirt made here, self-designed…... Read more
Too many of our workplaces promote losers
Dr Peter Rennie believes too many of our workplaces reward a person who FIBS. FIBS stands for Flatter, Inflate, Break…... Read more
Redundancies can be fresh new beginnings, too
If success is the best revenge then landing a higher paying job after being made redundant is pretty sweet. Life…... Read more
Crimes against sanity: What are your pet work peeves?
I once worked at a start up in a building with only a thin metal divider between my desk and…... Read more
Welcome to the big chair. Now prove you deserve it
Being the boss is no picnic. People come to you with problems, complaints, conflicts and issues – constantly. And then…... Read more
Magistrate’s mental health issue a cautionary tale
The case of magistrate Jennifer Betts, who explained to the NSW Parliament Wednesday how a mental illness was central to…... Read more
Cracked crystal: mega churches, mega problems
The world’s first mega church, The Crystal Cathedral in California has filed for bankruptcy owing $50 million or more. According…... Read more
Ageist Australia reviles instead of reveres its elders
When did Australia get so ageist about oldies? The Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination Elizabeth Broderick thinks it’s a good…... Read more
Gen Y might rule the world sooner than we thought
In the world of employment, the growing skills shortage is like a low, black cloud building on the horizon. While…... Read more
Mid-age weight baloney
Damn it’s tough to lose weight in mid-age. I think back to my 20s and 30s when see sawing weight…... Read more
How to support your friends when their pets are fading
This week I stood by two long time friends as one of them was euthanized. It followed a “tough conversation”…... Read more
It’s up to women to get tough on pay equity
Gender pay equity never fails to raise temperatures. Like climate change, there are many out there who deny women get…... Read more
Men can’t keep it level when it comes to equal pay
There is nothing like an Equal Pay Day to make a man see red. Writing on Tuesday about research that…... Read more
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