by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2015 | Applications, Universities
SHOCK SURVEY REVEALS ACADEMICS UNDER PRESSURE TO BUMP UP YOUR RESULTS Did you really get the degree result you think you did? Doubts have been raised that some graduates’ degree scores may may not be quite as good as they sound on paper – as almost half of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 5, 2015 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, social mobility
“LAZY” FILTER SYSTEM BINNED AFTER BIAS TOWARDS PRIVATE SCHOOL GRADUATES IS REVEALED One of the UK’s largest graduate employers is scrapping the use of a UCAS points minimum as an entry criteria for its graduate scheme, after it found that the system...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 29, 2015 | Applications, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, professional development
DON’T PANIC, JUST REACH OUT — EVEN AT 2am A CV-writing service is running a 24-hour online helpline to support graduates having a late-night panic about their job applications. Purple CV started the 24 hour CV advice web chat service in response to demand...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 21, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Money, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
PARTY’S ACTIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PROMISES, SAYS GRADUATE FOG A Labour MP has been found to be paying his interns just £4 a day, apparently conflicting with a pledge made last week by Ed Miliband to tackle the problems of low pay and unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 20, 2015 | General election and voting, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility
DON’T FORGET – TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY TO REGISTER! Just a reminder that today (Monday 20th April) is the last day you can register to vote in the general election on May 7th. Graduate Fog is encouraging all our readers to register to vote (and to actually...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 17, 2015 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOUNG WORKERS FINALLY RECOGNISED – WILL OTHER PARTIES FOLLOW SUIT? Ed Miliband has promised that all internships lasting more than a month will be paid if the Labour Party is elected in May. This will end the ‘scandal’ of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 16, 2015 | Applications, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Money, Recession and economy, social mobility
BBC, ITV AND CHANNEL 4 VACANCIES ALL APPEAR BEHIND PAYWALL * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * A media jobs board has shocked cash-strapped young jobseekers by asking them to pay a fee just to view job adverts. Critics say the company has “crossed the line” but...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 9, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, zero hours contracts
GRADUATE FOG IS FIVE TODAY! Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday Graduate Fo-og… Happy birthday to us! That’s right – today we are celebrating this website’s FIFTH birthday! And we want to say a big thank you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 25, 2015 | average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
SAVE YOU UP TO £339 A YEAR ON LONDON TRAVEL WITH SMART NEW PAYMENT PLAN * PLUS AN EXTRA £10 OFF — SPECIAL OFFER FOR GRADUATE FOG READERS (code: GRADFOG) * How much do you spend on travel to and from work every month? For many graduates — especially those...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2015 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, London, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages, zero hours contracts
NEW RATE IS “NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH” SAY CRITICS Good news for graduates doing low-paid internships, shop jobs and bar work: the national minimum wage is set to rise in October 2015. The bad news? The new rate is just 20p per hour more than the current rate....
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