by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
CARELESS ‘BAD NEWS’ EMAIL INSULTING TO APPLICANTS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG More than 500 candidates who applied for the 2010/11 Home Office graduate intern scheme have been told the programme has been cancelled. Graduate Fog has learned that there were only 15...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
NEW FUND ANNOUNCED TO PAY PARLIAMENTARY INTERNS THE MINIMUM WAGE – BUT IS THE NEWS AS GOOD AS IT SEEMS? Graduate Fog’s good friends at Intern Aware have passed on some encouraging news that could impact ALL interns, not just those working in politics....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
PATRONISING PRESS COVERAGE UNDERMINES THIS SERIOUS ISSUE, SAYS GRADUATE FOG The BBC has joined the Telegraph and Observer in treating the unpaid internships story with contempt, in my opinion. Unpaid internships grabbed the headlines again this weekend as the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
NEW SURVEY SHOWS THIS YEAR’S FINALISTS ARE THE LEAST PREPARED EVER This year’s university leavers are the least prepared for life after graduation ever, new statistics from High Fliers Research reveal. Overall, 14% of finalists have yet to decide whether...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS WEBSITE’ NO LONGER MEETS STRICT GUIDELINES AND COULD BE STRIPPED OF WEB ADDRESS IN TWO WEEKS, THIS WEBSITE LEARNS Graduate Fog has launched an official challenge over Prospects’ right to use its prestigious ac.uk...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
BUT CEO ADMITS ‘MYRIAD SUBTLETIES ABOUT OUR ROLE, WHO WE PARTNER WITH AND AT WHAT LEVEL’ – AND FAILS TO EXPLAIN WHY MY LINK WAS DELETED FROM THEIR FORUM The wait is over. Prospects has at last made a statement to clarify its claim to be ‘The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE BLASTS POLITICIANS FOR MISLEADING – AND NOW ABANDONING – HER GENERATION Politicians are all talk and no action when it comes to the looming crisis of graduate unemployment, a recent graduate has claimed. Despite the government’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS ADVICE WEBSITE’ LEFT SILENT AND ISOLATED AS GRADUATES AND CAREERS COMMUNITY QUEUE UP TO STICK THE KNIFE IN Prospects has failed to find a single supporter of its decision to remove my link to Graduate Fog from its...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
THEIR BIZARRE FORUM RULES STOP ‘DEPRESSED’ JOB-SEEKER FROM FINDING THIS WEBSITE Okay, so I’m just going to tell you what happened – because if I slag off Prospects too much they can sue me! Last week, I spotted a plea on their forum, entitled...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT AND ARBITRARY DEGREE GRADING CAN EXCLUDE BEST CANDIDATES, CLAIM GRADUATES A new survey reveals that 58% of students and graduates want employers to stop using a 2:1 as a minimum requirement for graduate jobs. The Milkround.com poll – of more...
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