by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 22, 2016 | Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Recession and economy
NEW YOUTH MINISTER MUST BE APPOINTED, CHARITY URGES Earning crummy wages? Still living with your parents? Worried about the future? The UK’s young people are experiencing a massive confidence crisis and “suspended adulthood” according to a new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 11, 2016 | Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
LORD BIRD ADMITS MISTAKE, TELLING CRITICS “YOU’RE DEAD RIGHT” UPDATE: THIS STORY PICKED UP BY THE BBC AND THE MAIL ONLINE! The founder of The Big Issue has responded brilliantly to a backlash after an advert appeared online for an unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 5, 2016 | Business, Money, Wages
STORE BELIEVES IN “A MEANINGFUL WAGE FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD THEY ARE” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Graduate Fog loves IKEA — and not just because they stock products named Milf, Skanka and Fartyg. Last year, the furniture megastore earned a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 22, 2016 | Politicians, social mobility, Unpaid internships
ARTICLE INCLUDES GEMS SUCH AS ‘SOCIALIZE ON THE CHEAP’ AND ‘TAKE A PART-TIME JOB’ Ivanka Trump – the businesswoman and daughter of billionaire US Presidential candidate Donald Trump – has angered young Americans by tweeting a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 17, 2016 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Money, Parents and family
EVEN THOSE IN WORK STAY WITH PARENTS TO SAVE CASH If you’re still living with your folks, you’re not the only one. Almost half of students who graduated since 2015 have not yet moved out and are still living at home with their parents, according to new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 10, 2016 | Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, professional development
JUST STARTING YOUR CAREER? YOU’RE MUCH MORE VULNERABLE THAN OLDER FEMALES, SHOCK STATS REVEAL Nearly two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, according to shocking new figures released today. While more than half (52%) of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 3, 2016 | Applications, Careers advice, Graduate Jobs, job hunting
AND WHICH IS THE BEST GRADUATE RECRUITMENT AGENCY? YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Just finished uni and hunting for a graduate job? Then two questions you’re probably asking are ‘Should I sign up with a graduate recruitment agency?’ and ‘Which is the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 1, 2016 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes
LARGE EMPLOYERS NOW RISK LOSING BEST CANDIDATES TO SMALLER FIRMS Graduates have slammed the UK’s big employers for failing to offer feedback and being slow to provide progress updates – stoking fears that large firms which don’t streamline their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 27, 2016 | Applications, Graduate schemes, Law
YOU DON’T NEED A LAW DEGREE – JUST INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY Want to work at a top law firm that’s welcoming and inclusive? Where you’ll have the chance to travel all around the world and learn from the best in the business? The Allen & Overy...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 26, 2016 | Applications, Confidence and self-esteem, diversity, Graduate schemes, professional development
LACK OF CONFIDENCE – OR DOESN’T THE CORPORATE WORLD APPEAL? Women are less likely to aim for top graduate jobs – despite being statistically more likely than men to land them if they apply, according to new stats. But the reason remains a mystery. A...
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