Time Out intern to earn “princely” sum of £2 per day • April 13, 2012 • 34 Comments
GRADUATE FOG CHALLENGES MAGAZINE OVER SHAMELESS ADVERT FOR FULL-TIME, UNPAID ‘GRADUATE’ ROLE The events and listings magazine Time Out has advertised for a full-time ‘writer’ intern…
Low-paid graduates to be stripped of housing beneft • April 11, 2012 • 9 Comments
STRUGGLING UNDER-25s MUST LIVE WITH MUM AND DAD, SAYS NEW GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL Graduates who are unemployed – or earning wages so low they are unable to afford…
Now unpaid internships are winning AWARDS? • April 4, 2012 • 4 Comments
SHOCK AS UNPAID, THREE-MONTH PLACEMENT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS ‘BEST INTERNSHIP’ PRIZE An internship lasting 12 weeks, involving real work and paying only travel expenses has been awarded…
Class of 2012 won’t retire until they’re 71 • March 29, 2012 • 1 Comment
NEW GRADUATES FACE FIFTY YEARS OF WORK AHEAD Students graduating this summer can expect to work until they’re at least 71…
Call that a graduate salary, Ma’am? The Queen pays just £6.41 an hour • March 28, 2012 • 39 Comments
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GRADUATE HR ROLE OFFERS JUST £12,500 PER YEAR, WELL BELOW THE LONDON LIVING WAGE An advert has been posted for a full-time, six-month graduate HR internship…
Man in charge of justice for interns… caught hiring his own unpaid intern! • March 23, 2012 • 6 Comments
TREASURY MINISTER CLAIMS ADVERTISING HIS SIX-MONTH, EXPENSES-ONLY PLACEMENT IS “PERFECTLY REASONABLE” Are these guys for real? Treasury minister David Gauke – the MP in charge of ensuring…
Now even CITY graduates earn just £20,000 a year • March 22, 2012 • 5 Comments
BEGINNER SALARIES PLUMMETING FROM £60,000, SAYS COMMENTATOR A City columnist has noted that starting salaries at some of the world’s biggest banks…
“Suicidal” law graduate needs YOUR support! • March 21, 2012 • 24 Comments
DESPITE TWO DEGREES, RACHEL SAYS SHE’S ‘LOSING HER MIND’ BECAUSE SHE CAN’T FIND WORK A job-seeking graduate has admitted that she is considering suicide…
Poundland intern v the government: court date set • March 19, 2012 • 1 Comment
CAIT REILLY CASE TO BE HEARD AT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE IN MAY The case of the graduate intern who says she was ‘forced’ to work at discount store Poundland…
Unpaid STUDENT internships – the newest way to rip off the young! • March 15, 2012 • 24 Comments
THREE-MONTH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY DEGREE, SAYS NEW REPORT A new report commissioned by the government has shocked students and graduates…
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