by laura1234 | Feb 17, 2021 | Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, Uncategorized
SMART YOUNG JOB SEEKERS HELP THEMSELVES TO OUR FREE E-BOOK Thousands of the UK’s smartest job hunting graduates are helping themselves to the free e-book written by this website’s founder Tanya de Grunwald, as word spreads about the quality and value of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 24, 2020 | Applications, Careers advice, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting
FREE to download – click here Already mentioned in the Guardian Author best known for challenging Tony Blair, Phillip Green, Boris Johnson, Simon Cowell, Vivienne Westwood, Samantha Cameron and over unpaid internships E-book is sponsored by Accenture, Vodafone,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 27, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Recession and economy, workfare
THE PROS AND CONS OF SIGNING ON AFTER GRADUATION Are you struggling to find work, running out of cash – and considering signing on for Jobseeker’s Allowance? Is the money you get worth the hassle of applying? And can you do internships (either paid or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 20, 2020 | graduate debt, Money, student loan
MONEYSAVINGEXPERT FOUNDER MARTIN LEWIS SAYS THE ‘SCARY’ NUMBER PROBABLY DOESN’T EVEN MATTER – AND YOU SHOULDN’T BE PRESSURED TO REPAY MORE THAN THE MINIMUM EACH MONTH Personal finance campaigner Martin Lewis has once again stepped up to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2020 | Careers advice, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Graduate unemployment
MUST-READ GRADUATE JOB HUNT BIBLE PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2020 * Want to know when the book is out? Scroll down to sign up to be notified! * * Already mentioned in the Guardian! * Without a doubt, 2020 is a tough year to be graduating from university. The Covid-19 (or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Kickstarter Scheme, Wages
AND HOW WILL IT LOOK ON YOUR CV? WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is a man with a plan — to “protect, support and create jobs” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it won’t be easy. The lockdown has already hit the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 6, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, traineeships, Wages
EMPLOYERS GET PAID, BUT YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T? THIS SMELLS FISHY TO US The government has just announced a £111m investment in traineeships aimed at 18- to 24-year-olds keen to take their first step into the job market. Businesses in England will receive a £1,000...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2020 | Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, resigning and references, Wages
I.T. CONSULTANCY TEN10 CLAIMS HE OWES NEARLY £7,000 FOR HIS TRAINING *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* A graduate whose former employer claims he owes them nearly £7,000 for his training while employed by them is challenging the practice of charging so-called ‘exit...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 28, 2020 | diversity, Good + Fair Employers Club, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, social mobility, Unpaid internships
OUR BEST BITS FROM THE LAST 10 YEARS — AND OUR TAKE ON WHAT’S COMING NEXT By Tanya de Grunwald, founder of Graduate Fog and director of the Good + Fair Employers Club (below) When I founded Graduate Fog in April 2010, I feared there wouldn’t be...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 24, 2020 | Charities and volunteering, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employment rights, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAS YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP JUST BEEN TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A JOB? At Graduate Fog, we’ve seen a lot in the 10 years we’ve been blogging about the UK’s youth jobs market. But this latest twist – ‘furlunteering’ – has...
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