by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
HOW TO GET YOUR CAREER STARTED AMIDST COVID-19 By Tanya de Grunwald Founder of careers blog Graduate Fog and author of How to get a graduate job now Well, this is just brilliant. You knew that finding a graduate job wouldn’t be easy — but you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 31, 2020 | Employers and recruitment, Good + Fair Employers Club, Uncategorized
AT LAST – HERE’S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE Amidst the current gloom, Graduate Fog is taking a moment to celebrate the second birthday of the Good + Fair Employers Club – our network of the UK’s best firms for young people to work for, which we run...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 21, 2020 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Good + Fair Employers Club, job hunting
THE 14 PIONEERING COMPANIES YOU SHOULD APPLY TO Looking to start your career with an apprenticeship, internship, school leaver programme, graduate programme or other entry-level job? Want to be sure you’ll receive a reply – and that the company has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2019 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, Wages
ARE THESE CONTRACTS LEGAL – AND WHAT ARE THE RISKS IF YOU DON’T PAY UP? GRADUATE FOG ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS Disclaimer: The advice in this post is not written by a qualified lawyer. It aims to cover the most common questions we are being asked about...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 18, 2019 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate Fog Employers Club, Graduate schemes
BARRISTER WHO FACED DOWN BORIS OVER PROROGATION TEAMS UP WITH US TO CHALLENGE CONTRACTS DESIGNED TO LOCK IN YOUNG WORKERS * OUR CAMPAIGN PICKED UP BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES! * A top legal team – aided by Graduate Fog – is challenging a company that claimed a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2019 | diversity, fashion, social mobility, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
CEFINN – OWNED BY EX-PRIME MINISTER’S WIFE – FACES QUESTIONS AFTER WE REPORT SUSPICIOUS ADVERT TO MINIMUM WAGE OFFICIALS * OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN! * UPDATE 08.11.19: Cefinn have re-worded the advert and now claim this is a ‘job...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 29, 2019 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog Employers Club, Graduate Jobs, professional development, resigning and references, social mobility, Wages
TOP EMPLOYERS MEET TO DISCUSS HOW TO HANG ON TO THEIR YOUNG STAFF (YES, THAT’S YOU) Some of the UK’s top employers have met to discuss the problem of retention – in other words, why it’s proving so hard to hang on to their young staff in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 11, 2019 | Media and journalism, science and technology, social mobility, Unpaid internships
– “It’s hard for me to say no” to offers, says Lancet Global Health Editor-in-Chief, Zoe Mullan – The roles are unpaid and unadvertised – Comments were made during the Equality in Science Symposium, a public event at the Liverpool...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 24, 2019 | Applications, CVs and interviews, diversity, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
“DO YOUR RESEARCH — AND SHOW US THE REAL YOU” SAYS TOP EMPLOYER You’ve probably heard of KPMG – and you may know they are one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ professional services firms. It’s no wonder the KPMG graduate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 7, 2019 | diversity, Media and journalism, Sport, Unpaid internships
* UPDATE, 13 MAY: STORY PICKED UP IN THE SUN! * PLACEMENTS REMAIN UNPAID, BUT LIST OF DUTIES IS REMOVED FROM ADVERT The BBC has changed the wording of an advert for seven unpaid work experience placements at Wimbledon this summer to “accurately reflect the...
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