Ask Kate archive

Read previous articles published by Kate about job seeking and how to advance your career. Please click on the links below to go to the archived story.

Columns about referees and references	Interviews
Preparing for a group interview	Honesty is the best policy
The low down on work experience	Personal branding
Are you a quit stay?	Do your homework
Skills shortage leads to short fuses	Lessons from the job hunt
Long service leave provisions	Book Keeper
Anxiety & Depression and the job hunt	Reverse Reference Checking
Handling intrusive job interview questions	IT Career Change at 45
Cinderella Candidates	Disclosure
Strengths and weaknesses	The silent treatment
How to impress a hiring manager	Diversity: a hot issue
How to make a pay rise pitch	IT - Fan
Making the right impression	"First job" Advice for grads
Interpersonal skills	How to say `no'
Juggling job offers	Be careful what you say
Balm for IR jitters	Silly emails - again
Loyalty	Don't use 'silly' email addresses
Experience again	Angry Ken says it for many
Intrusive questions again	Action plan for Simon
Grads, listen up	Career action plan
Holidays	Resume review
Work experience insurance	Salary research
Leaving too soon	How to become a book editor
Advice for recruiters	To PhD or not to PhD
Referee fraud	PhD follow up
Graduate advice	Bean counters hot to trot
Recruiter feedback	Pay review time
Age prejudice	Age prejudice 2
Positive stories	Know your worth
Sick leave	Council prejudice
Choice of Job	A matter of appearance
Leave arrangements	OTE and FMCG mystery
Boost for mums returning to work	Soap opera
Reality of careers in Contact Centres	Salary packaging to lure candidates
Ogre managers	Referee ban
Why cover letters are important	Interview "red flags"
More on long service leave	'Goodbye, Australia'
Lessons from the movies	Mums and work - Victoria
Approaching the boss about maternity leave	Award winning employers - make notes
Research	Salute to Santas
New Year, new job	Salaries in job ads
Introducing yourself to new colleagues	Meeting senior management
After school care for teens	Feedback
Office monsters	Monster follow up
Disclosure	Mature Apprenticeships
Referees - dish the dirt - The DT version	Dangers of 'false positives'
Bitter pill	Stressed out

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