by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 21, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Unpaid internships, Wages
EXHAUSTED MERRILL LYNCH INTERN FOUND DEAD AGED 21 Graduate Fog was shocked and sad to hear of the death of Moritz Erhardt, a summer intern nearing the end of his seven-week placement at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. Friends have said that Moritz – who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 15, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
INTERNSHIPS ARE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JOBS – SO DON’T EXPECT WAGES A Spectator columnist has called graduates who complain about doing unpaid internships “ridiculous”, “sad-eyed” and “preposterous” – and accused them...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 7, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Uncategorized, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
TOP AUTHOR PRAISES YOUR “GUTSINESS” AND ADMITS AMERICANS ARE TOO “SHY” TO NAME AND SHAME THE GUILTY A top author and expert on US internships has praised the “gutsiness” of UK interns and campaigners – in particular our...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 5, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
DESPERATE UNDER 24s ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATIVE EMPLOYMENT TERMS – BUT EXPERT INSISTS CONTRACTS CAN BE ‘POSITIVE’ Young workers are most likely to be trapped by controversial zero-hours contracts, according to new evidence. The finding was...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 1, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
FLEXIBLE WORKING – OR PURE EXPLOITATION? SHARE YOUR VIEWS * UPDATE: 25 JUNE 2014 * Business secretary Vince Cable has moved to ban ‘exclusivity’ clauses in zero-hours contracts, which have tied desperate workers to one employer, even when that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 25, 2013 | average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
EVEN SCRAPING AN UPPER SECOND MAKES YOU £2,000 EXTRA PER YEAR We all know that your degree result has an impact on career success, but did you know just how much difference getting a 2:1 can make to your earning potential? New research from the London School of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 23, 2013 | CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting
TWO THIRDS SPEND LESS THAN 60 MINUTES PREPARING Most people applying for jobs spend less than one hour on each application, said a study by social media recruitment firm staffbay.com. Two-thirds of job seekers spend less than an hour to apply for a job, with less than...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 17, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting
YOUNG JOBSEEKERS ARE STILL DAZZLED BY BIG NAME EMPLOYERS Graduates may be missing out on a whole host of job opportunities by snubbing smaller companies to chase after jobs at the big firms, according to new research by Santander UK. The study showed that just one in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, science and technology, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOOGLE INTERNSHIP PAYS £4,000 A MONTH – PLUS FREE HOUSING, FOOD AND GYM MEMBERSHIP UK interns may want to look away now. In America, Google are paying their interns up to £4,000 a month – four times what many UK interns earn. And Microsoft pay some of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2013 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
IF EMPLOYERS KEEP RIPPING OFF YOUNG TALENT “THE ARTS WILL SUFFER” The Arts Council England has posted a fierce warning to employers attempting to use their jobs website to recruit unpaid interns. The organisation has also reminded them: “If we...
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