by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss – has advertised for a “intern sales assistant” to work on the shop floor of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOU’RE NOT ALONE – 1.4 MILLION SUFFER IN “PART-TIME, LOW-PAY BRITAIN” Concerns have been raised that yesterday’s apparent good news about UK unemployment is in fact masking a crisis that has seen over a million people forced to take...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 11, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
90% OF BUSINESSES TO FREEZE STARTING SALARIES THIS YEAR The Class of 2012 will earn 2% less in real terms than those who left university a year ahead of them, as graduate salaries are expected to fall to the lowest level since 2003 this summer, new research has found....
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 2, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR IN TEN HAVE APPLIED FOR OVER 100 JOBS AND A THIRD ARE CLAIMING THE DOLE More than a third of UK graduates have been forced to claim Jobseekers Allowance, two fifths have applied for over 100 jobs and a quarter have not been offered any interviews at all. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 25, 2012 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
*AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT BY GRADUATE FOG* The three leading candidates in the race to become the new Mayor of London on 3rd May claim to view youth unemployment as a priority — but how many have been relying on unpaid interns to promote their campaign for office in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 25, 2012 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
IS YOUR LOW-PAID JOB SHRINKING YOUR PARENTS’ PENSION POT? The average parents of today’s young adults are shelling out £15,490 per ‘child’, as their offspring continue to need financial help well into their twenties. One in three parents admits...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 23, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
SPOKESPERSON ADMITS MAG MUST “MEET CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ON PAY” *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Journalism interns can claim a victory at last – Time Out magazine has announced a review of its policy on using unpaid interns, after Graduate Fog brought the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
EMPLOYMENT MINISTER CLAIMS SCHEME’S CRITICS ‘JUST DON’T GET IT’ Chris Grayling, the employment minister who came under fire earlier this year for the Workfare scheme which saw thousands of young jobseekers forced to work in supermarkets for no...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 18, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW SCHEME IS “AIMED AT GRADUATES” AND OPEN TO ALL – DESPITE PAYING EXPENSES ONLY The Liberal Democrats have broken a promise they made last year to stop using unpaid interns within 12 months, brazenly advertising multiple placements on their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 16, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
THIS IS A “FUN” AND “VERY SOUGHT-AFTER OPPORTUNITY” SAYS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TIM ARTHUR *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* The Editor-in-Chief of Time Out has defended the magazine’s controversial £2-a-day internship, insisting it is only “work...
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