by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 29, 2013 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THEM! You’ve done your research, made your mum ask you practice questions and put on your best suit. You’re ready for your interview, right? Almost, says job interview veteran and JobPage contributor Sarah Rudston. Here are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘DEVIL WEARS PRADA’ INTERNS SHAME CONDE NAST INTO CLOSING ITS SCHEME A leading US publishing house is to stop its unpaid internship programme, after being sued by two former interns who claim they worked there for less than $1 an hour. Its UK office has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 24, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
“SHAMEFUL” ADVERT ASKS THEOLOGY POSTGRADS TO TEACH UNDERGRADS – FOR FREE Durham University has been labelled “shameful” in a row about how it pays its junior academics, after its theology department was caught advertising unpaid teaching...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 22, 2013 | Careers advice, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities
OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING ANNOUNCES VALUE-FOR-MONEY REVIEW Was your university degree worth £9,000 a year? The Office of Fair Trading has announced it will examine how universities in England compete for undergraduates, whether degree courses meet students’...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 17, 2013 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting
DEBATE: ARE RUDE RECRUITERS TRASHING THEIR COMPANY’S REPUTATION? If you apply for a job at a well-known company and they never reply, does it make you think less of that brand? If you travel miles to an assessment day (paying your own travel expenses) –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 10, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
MEDIA INTERN DROPS CLAIM WHEN TOLD SHE ISN’T AN “EMPLOYEE” An unpaid intern has been told she cannot bring a sexual harassment claim against her former supervisor, as she is not considered an employee. Although the case happened in the United States,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
DEAD GRADUATE WORKED “EXCESSIVELY” DURING PLACEMENT AT LONDON BANK The father of the banking intern who died after working for three nights in a row has said “something needs to change” to prevent a similar tragedy happening again. He called...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 7, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
MINIMUM WAGE DODGERS TO BE PUBLICLY NAMED AND SHAMED UNDER NEW RULES ACTIVATED THIS MONTH From now on, employers who fail to pay their interns the national minimum wage (NMW) will be publicly named and shamed, under revamped plans to clamp down on rogue businesses...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 3, 2013 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
UNDER-25s TO BE STRIPPED OF HOUSING BENEFIT, AS WELL AS JSA People under 25 will lose their housing benefit unless they are “earning or learning”, David Cameron has announced. That will include graduates who have invested tens of thousands of pounds on...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 1, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
OSBORNE’S ‘TOUGH LOVE’ RULES WILL END ‘SOMETHING FOR NOTHING’ CULTURE Unemployed people – including job-hunting graduates – have been warned that they will soon have to do community work including litter picking and cleaning...
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