by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 23, 2017 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Universities
FIND FRIENDLY EMPLOYERS – AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS Job hunting is tough for everyone — but graduates with Asperger Syndrome (often referred to as ‘Asperger’s’) may face a few extra challenges when trying to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2017 | diversity, Employment rights, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, social mobility, Uncategorized, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
WHY MORE WAGE CHEATS COULD FACE PROSECUTION IN FUTURE There have been calls for firms that employ unpaid interns to be prosecuted, not just fined or told to reimburse workers’ missing pay. Speaking shortly after 350 firms – including Debenhams, Subway and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 15, 2017 | Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Wages
DO DEMANDING CLIENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR NEED TO IMPRESS? Many freelancers – including recent graduates – do so much ‘non-billable’ work throughout the year that they effectively work for free from 1 January to 15 February. On average,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 8, 2017 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
THINKING ABOUT WORKING FOR FREE? READ THIS FIRST Unpaid internships are illegal and unfair. But that doesn’t change the fact that you need to get your career started — and it’s hard to find paid, entry-level jobs. So, if you can find a way to fund...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 24, 2017 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, professional development, science and technology
UPDATE: DEADLINE NOW EXTENDED TO 20 FEBRUARY 2017! There are so many great graduate schemes around — at least, that’s how it seems from the blurb on the companies’ websites. But what is the truth? At Graduate Fog, we think the best way to find...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 16, 2017 | Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, Money, Recession and economy, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
COULD GRADUATES EARN MORE IF BOSSES EARNED LESS? We have a National Minimum Wage – but is it time we had a National Maximum Wage too? The idea was proposed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last week, as a potential solution to the growing problem of pay...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, job hunting, Money, Retail, Wages
SUPERMARKETS VOLUNTARILY BOOST PAY TO ABOVE THE LIVING WAGE – BUT WILL OTHERS FOLLOW? Aldi and Lidl have given January jobseekers a reason to be cheerful – but voluntarily boosting wages for their lowest-paid workers. The question now is: Will other firms...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 15, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Wages
AS AMAZON’S ‘ELVES’ COMPLAIN ABOUT CONDITIONS, WE ASK HOW YOU’RE BEING TREATED Ah, the joys of the festive job. For young job seekers who reach Christmas still waiting to hear about permanent graduate positions they’ve applied for,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 6, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
“ALTERNATIVE” BENEFITS ARE “GREATER THAN JUST BEING PAID,” SAY PLATFORM’S CREATORS NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF YOUNG FREELANCERS SAY THEY’VE BEEN ASKED TO WORK FOR FREE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, ACCORDING TO NEW STATS The founders of a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 30, 2016 | Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships
BUT THE INTERNET IS NOT IMPRESSED * STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN! * Free London newspaper City AM has refused to re-think an internship at their headquarters that was recently auctioned for £650, on the grounds that, “All the money goes to a cancer...
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