by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 12, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
CHARITY’S ASTOUNDING ARROGANCE STUNS GRADUATE FOG In the last few months, Graduate Fog has seen some shocking displays of arrogance among those organisations which continue to expect young people to work for nothing, in the form of unpaid internships. But folks,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 12, 2011 | Graduate Fog
GRADUATE FOG IS ONE YEAR OLD TODAY Today, this website celebrates our first fantastic year! During the last 12 months, Graduate Fog has become the place for job-seeking graduates to find no-bullshit editorial, comment and analysis of the issues that matter to you the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 6, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Unpaid internships
BEING AN UNPAID INTERN IS NOT A CRIME, SAYS GRADUATE FOG Nick Clegg has been ridiculed after it emerged that he himself had benefited from doing an unpaid internship early on in his career. The revelation came on the day that he was launching new measures to tackle...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 29, 2011 | Careers advice, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
POOR ADVICE IS OFFERED AT THE WRONG TIME AND PLACE, SAYS EXPERT **This is a guest post by Anne Wilson, careers coach and founder of Graduate Job Mentor** How prepared will this year’s 350,000 new graduates be for the real world? Do they know what it takes to get...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 24, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
OSBORNE’S PLANS SOLVE NOTHING – AND COULD MAKE THINGS WORSE, SAYS GRADUATE FOG The Chancellor George Osborne has shown himself to be woefully out-of-touch with the reality of life for unemployed graduates. In the new Budget announced yesterday, he...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
NEW SYSTEM MEANS SOME WILL PAY BACK TWICE WHAT THEY BORROWED New figures have revealed the shocking reality of graduate debt. Students starting their degree in 2012 could find themselves paying back up to £83,000 over their lifetime – that’s nearly twice...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 14, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
BITCHY ‘STYLE’ EDITORS ADMIT TO POKING FUN AT ‘ENTITLED WORKIES’ The Sunday Times has shocked Graduate Fog by publishing a feature presenting young jobseekers as hilariously entitled and lazy. The piece includes an admission that senior editors...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 11, 2011 | Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
LONDON NEWSPAPER THE EVENING STANDARD KICKS YOUNG JOBLESS WHEN THEY’RE DOWN The London Evening Standard has shocked Graduate Fog by publishing an article which implies that youth unemployment is the fault of young people, not the government (which many of you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 2, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
INDUSTRY REGULATOR INSISTS THEY ARE ‘VOLUNTEERS’ — AND SHOULDN’T EXPECT PAY The independent body which regulates the charity industry has shocked Graduate Fog by announcing it has no intention of intervening in the row about unpaid internships...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
AUCTION SCANDAL WAS EMBARRASSING FOR TORIES — BUT IT WON’T HAVE CHANGED THEIR BELIEFS This month’s Tory internship auction scandal — where placements at prestigious companies were donated and bought for up to £3,000 by wealthy guests at their...
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