by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
WHOSE SIDE IS PROSPECTS ON? Graduate Prospects – supposedly the “official” graduate careers website, recommended as the go-to resource for students and graduates by every university in the UK – is promoting unpaid internships to its users,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 25, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
EVEN THE BBC FAVOURS WEALTHIER APPLICANTS, SAYS ASPIRING JOURNALIST BEN Last month’s social mobility report found that journalism is now one of the most “socially exclusive” professions around — accessible only to those who can afford to work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 19, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
NEW ‘JOB-HOPPING’ GENERATION OF GRADUATES IS EMERGING – HOW MANY JOBS HAVE YOU HAD SINCE GRADUATION? The average graduate stays in their first job after university for just a year and a half, new research has revealed. Of the 42% who left their job...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 14, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
PROGRAMME CALLED “A COMPLETE POLICY DISASTER” – BUT GOVERNMENT EXPANDS IT ANYWAY The government’s controversial ‘workfare’ programme – where jobseekers are forced to work for free in the hope of gaining paid jobs later –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 8, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
TOO MANY LAW GRADUATES AND TOO FEW PUPILLAGES MEANS MANY WILL NOT FIND JOBS A leading barrister has accused law schools of duping thousands of young people into signing up for law degrees, knowing that many of them have little hope of finding a job at the end of it....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
FIRST PHILIP GREEN, NOW SIMON COWELL – ANOTHER TYCOON FORCED TO PAY HIS INTERNS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Last week it was Sir Philip Green – this week Simon Cowell has become the latest tycoon forced to pay his young workers. Between four and 10 interns...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 28, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
ARCADIA MAKES SECRET PAY-OUTS TO FORMER EMPLOYEES, ADMITTING “REMUNERATION WAS APPROPRIATE” *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Arcadia – the parent company of Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins – has made numerous payments to former interns...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 23, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
JOIN ‘JUSTICE FOR INTERNS’, OUR NEW CAMPAIGN Have you interned for a well-known brand, celebrity or a high-profile MP? Then we want to hear from you! Graduate Fog and Intern Aware today launch Justice for Interns. This historic campaign will see the big...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 22, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOP JOB AT LUXURY FASHION LABEL IS A “LEARNING OPPORTUNITY” FOR OUR STUDENTS, INSISTS UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS The university currently advertising a controversial unpaid “intern sales assistant” position at luxury fashion label Balenciaga...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss – has advertised for a “intern sales assistant” to work on the shop floor of their...
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