by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 26, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, job hunting
YES, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED A European energy conglomerate has angered young job seekers by attempting to recruit their new intern via an online bikini contest. That’s right – an online bikini contest. CEZ, operators of a large nuclear power plant in the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 23, 2017 | Media and journalism
HERO BAKER SHAMES CHEAPSKATE SHOW FOR ASKING HER TO ‘DONATE’ A SPECIAL BAKE FOR THE JUDGES Seriously, what is it with The X Factor not paying people properly for their work? Some people just don’t learn. Long-standing readers of Graduate Fog will...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 21, 2017 | Applications, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes, social mobility
NEW REPORT SLAMS EMPLOYERS’ SNOBBERY AND OBSESSION WITH POSH UNIVERSITIES – WHILE OUR SPONSOR GRANT THORNTON LEADS THE WAY ON PROGRESS The UK’s top employers are still far too focused on hiring graduates from universities which have the highest...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 12, 2017 | Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CABINET RESHUFFLE APPOINTMENT WILL ANGER YOUNG VOTERS The Prime Minister Theresa May has stunned young voters by picking as her new Work and Pensions Secretary an MP who has previously been reported to officials for recruiting unpaid interns to his constituency...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Unpaid internships, Wages
HALLIBURTON STUNS YOUNG JOB-SEEKERS WITH ADVERT FOR WAGE-FREE ROLE * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN! * One of the world’s biggest oil giants has shocked the UK’s young job-seekers by advertising a full-time unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2017 | average graduate salary, Banking, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOT A FANCY GRADUATE JOB — OR INTERNING UNPAID? WHATEVER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE SHOW GRADUATES WHERE TO PARK YOUR PENNIES If you’re job-hunting, interning or you’ve just started your first graduate job, does it really matter where you park your...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, job hunting
SHOW MORE RESPECT, SAYS YOUNG JOB SEEKER ACCIDENTALLY SENT ‘AWFUL’ CV NOTES A graduate has declined an interview with an employer who accidentally included in their email invitation comments referencing her CV as being that of a “home-educated...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2017 | job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships
JK ROWLING RETWEETS BIZARRE STORY INVOLVING NAKED HOMELESS MAN A former intern has shocked Twitter by sharing an unusual tale of a night he spent in a London youth hostel while doing unpaid journalism work experience at the Guardian. Interpretations of the story have...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 8, 2017 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, job hunting
ASK AN EMPLOYER! Series sponsored by Grant Thornton Every graduate is different, every graduate job is different and every graduate employer is different. But when it comes to job hunting, you’d be surprised how common it is for graduates to make the same...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 2, 2017 | Money, student loan, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
12-MONTH URBAN OUTFITTERS PLACEMENT IS LATEST EXAMPLE OF DOUBLE-CHARGING Universities and employers have come under fire from students and graduates who are angry about being forced to undertake long, unpaid student work placements with private companies as part of...
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