by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Could this be the start of a revolution? It seems that at long last some big companies are speaking out, breaking the shock news that… Not all graduates doing work experience are complete morons after all. In a top secret lab in northern Siberia, expert...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Does a degree really helps graduates’ long-term career prospects? It seems the debate rumbles on, with fresh stats announced today. When Hesa (the Higher Education Statistics Authority) caught up with graduates who graduated in 2005, they discovered that:...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you’ve just graduated and are now jobless, do you feel university was: a) A wise investment that will come good in the end. You’d advise everyone to go. OR b) A bad investment that will that will never ‘pay out’? You’d advise people to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
No! Say it isn’t so!!! Sad news reaches Dude that my favourite London freesheet newspaper is set to close. Having written more than 35 articles for thelondonpaper over the last couple of years (while wearing my journalism ‘hat’), I’m not only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yes, being jobless sucks. And, when you’re slogging away doing applications, it’s easy to glamorise gainful employment. But Dude’s Army should remember: HAVING a job isn’t a bowl of cherries right now either. New stats show frazzled employees...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Things a bit strained between you and your folks? Are they hovering around, trying to be helpful but actually being annoying? Are you slamming doors and doing your best ‘sulky teen’ impression at the dinner table? Thought so. After uni, coming back to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
If you’ve found this blog, you’ve probably been spluttering for a while over reports that the recession is over. ‘It is? Then where’s my freakin’ job?!’ you ask. Dude? reckons its graduates are one of the main groups of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
News reaches Dude? that Peter Mandelson’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is launching a new website to pair graduates with internship opportunities. Gradute Talent Pool works like a job board – only all placements are temporary. Some...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A storm is a-brewing – as the Guardian today published this damning news story about graduates being exploited for cheap (or free) labour, as companies tighten their belts for as the recession hits… Dude is stumped (or baffled, indeed!). Poor graduates...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Feeling used and abused – and not in a good way? Sniffing the unmistakable whiff of slave labour? If you’re getting the sneaking suspicion that employers are taking advantage of jobless graduates and using them for free labour when they have no intention...
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