by Tanya de Grunwald | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
SENIOR HACK HINTS JOURNALISM WOULD COLLAPSE WITHOUT YOUNG, FREE LABOUR Graduates working unpaid in media shouldn’t hope for an end to unpaid internships any time soon – a senior newspaper journalist has announced that they are now “a fact of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
GRADUATE FOG FEARS UNPAID INTERN ‘CANCER’ HAS SPREAD TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR It’s not often that Graduate Fog is lost for words. But that’s what happened when I saw this story in Friday’s Evening Standard (and again when I spotted...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
EXPERT WARNS EMPLOYERS: ‘BLANKING FAILED APPLICANTS IS REDUCING YOUR PROFITS’ Companies who claim they only have time to reply to successful candidates are risking the reputation of their brand, an industry expert has claimed. Will Shepherd, Managing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘BLAME RECESSION AND STUDENT APATHY – NOT US,’ OXFORD BROOKES’ MAN TELLS GRADUATE FOG University careers advisers are “doing a good job under trying circumstances,” according to Dr Dan Ferrett at the Oxford Brookes University...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
GRADUATE FOG IN THE GUARDIAN AGAIN – THAT’S TWICE IN A MONTH! Graduate Fog is chuffed to bits! This website has been live for just SIX WEEKS and already we’ve had our SECOND mention from the Guardian! A couple of weeks ago, the editor of the Work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
EVEN “UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS WEBSITE” ADMITS BLANKING ALL BUT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS We all know it happens. You spend hours slaving over their detailed application form – and never hear a peep back from the recruiter. Not a rejection...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOW WILL POLITICIANS TAKE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT SERIOUSLY? *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always a tragic waste and it’s never the solution to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
“UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS WEBSITE” URGES FEMALE CANDIDATES TO WEAR SKIRTS, NOT TROUSERS, TO JOB INTERVIEWS Are you a female graduate looking for work? Then let the dusty, crusty ‘experts’ at careers website Graduate Prospects...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
AND GRADS FACE ‘DOUBLE WHAMMY’ AS UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TOO Money men warned today that more than 3.5 million students and graduates should brace yourselves for a big jump in student loan rates this year, after a surprise surge in inflation last month. One...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
CRUCIAL DEBATE CAN’T MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THEY AGREE WHAT UNI IS FOR A piece I wrote for the Guardian’s ‘Comment is Free’ section has been greeted like a long-lost sibling. Not only has the article prompted 104 comments (last count as at 15.30 on...
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