by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 11, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Retail, Wages
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 private sector rents – are to be stripped of their housing benefit, if new proposals are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 4, 2012 | Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
SHOCK AS UNPAID, THREE-MONTH PLACEMENT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS ‘BEST INTERNSHIP’ PRIZE An internship lasting 12 weeks, involving real work and paying only travel and lunch expenses has been awarded the prestigious “Graduate Internship of the Year”...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 29, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
NEW GRADUATES FACE FIFTY YEARS OF WORK AHEAD Students graduating this summer can expect to work until they’re at least 71 before receiving a state pension – three years longer than under current plans – following a decision to link retirement ages to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 28, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
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 at Buckingham Palace, paying just £6.41 an hour, despite it requiring candidates to have...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 23, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
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 that HM Revenue and Customs clamps down on employers who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 22, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Wages
STARTING SALARIES PLUMMET FROM £60,000 AS UNI LEAVERS GET DESPERATE A City columnist has noted that starting salaries at some of the world’s biggest banks – which once offered £35,000 as standard and £60,000 for the brightest sparks – have dropped to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 21, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
DESPITE TWO DEGREES, RACHEL SAYS SHE’S ‘LOSING HER MIND’ BECAUSE SHE CAN’T FIND WORK *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
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 for three weeks or face losing her benefits will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in May....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
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 by suggesting that every university student should complete up to 12 weeks of interning as part of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 13, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Wages
HOUSING CRISIS BITES AS EVEN THOSE WITH JOBS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET An employed physiology graduate has revealed that he been sleeping rough for 12 months as it is his only hope of ever being able to afford a deposit on a house, as rent in his area is so high he...
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