by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG STONEWALLED BY ANCIENT SYSTEM THAT PUTS EMPLOYERS FIRST AND INTERNS LAST In August, I made an official complaint against the big companies that Graduate Fog knows have been advertising for unpaid interns. At least, I tried to. I’m disappointed to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
ONLY SIX PROSECUTIONS IN FOUR YEARS, FINDS GRADUATE FOG Shocking statistics discovered by Graduate Fog suggest that the official complaints procedure in place to protect interns from exploitation needs an urgent re-think. Left as it is now, the current system will...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 3, 2010 | Universities, Unpaid internships
DURHAM, EXETER, ST ANDREWS, SUSSEX AND 15 OTHERS WANT YOU TO WORK FOR FREE You’ve just graduated. You’ve paid thousands of pounds in tuition fees – and now you can’t get a job anywhere. How do you fancy going to work for your university –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 25, 2010 | Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
LABOUR LEADERSHIP HOPEFUL WAGES WAR AGAINST ‘METROPOLITAN ELITE’ Do unpaid interns have a new hero? And does Graduate Fog have a new crush? I have written before (on this website and for the Guardian) about how I believe the business community has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 20, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
REPLIES TO EVERY APPLICANT GUARANTEED – AND COMPANIES WHO USE UNPAID INTERNS ARE BANNED! Today this website launches the new Graduate Fog Job Board! As well as offering you fantastic opportunities (and earning me a bit of cash so I can keep our brilliant website...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 19, 2010 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
CLASS OF 2010 IS ‘NUMEROUS AND DEPRESSINGLY SIMILAR’, HE CLAIMS A university professor has suggested that today’s graduates leave university without the ability to think. The claim appeared in an article by Tim Birkhead, professor of behavioural...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOW 106 APPLY FOR EVERY JOB Did you know that there are more people graduating from media-related courses this year than there are jobs in the whole of the British media? If this is correct (it’s a quote – can anyone find official confirmation?), then...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
UNPAID INTERNSHIPS BRING SHAME ON BRITISH BUSINESS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG This website today asks whether anybody in the business world is planning to locate their testicles, step forward and declare their support for the battle for fair pay for Britain’s army of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
TESCO, SAINBSURY’S, MORRISONS, SUPERDRUG, WEIGHT WATCHERS, SELFRIDGES AND URBAN OUTFITTERS IN THE DOCK Graduate Fog has learned that the seven big brands caught advertising for unpaid internships could face official questioning – and even criminal charges....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
JAMES CAAN RECRUITS FOR AN UNPAID INTERN — SO GRADUATE FOG INVITES HIM TO TEA Tycoon and Dragon’s Den star James Caan has advertised for a three-month internship, paying expenses only. The job description is the longest Graduate Fog has ever seen for an...
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