by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 29, 2015 | Applications, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, professional development
DON’T PANIC, JUST REACH OUT — EVEN AT 2am A CV-writing service is running a 24-hour online helpline to support graduates having a late-night panic about their job applications. Purple CV started the 24 hour CV advice web chat service in response to demand...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 16, 2015 | Applications, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Money, Recession and economy, social mobility
BBC, ITV AND CHANNEL 4 VACANCIES ALL APPEAR BEHIND PAYWALL * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * A media jobs board has shocked cash-strapped young jobseekers by asking them to pay a fee just to view job adverts. Critics say the company has “crossed the line” but...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 9, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, zero hours contracts
GRADUATE FOG IS FIVE TODAY! Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday Graduate Fo-og… Happy birthday to us! That’s right – today we are celebrating this website’s FIFTH birthday! And we want to say a big thank you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 3, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Wages
COMPANY CULTURE, TRAINING – OR COLD, HARD CASH? A fat pay packet is no longer the top priority for job-hunting graduates, according to new figures. Despite their large student debt and the high cost of renting, only one in ten graduates rate salary as their top...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 18, 2015 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, PR and marketing, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
THEIR PR FIRM ALSO REPRESENTS PETER ANDRE, RACHEL HUNTER AND MICHELLE MONE * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * A well-known celebrity PR agency has advertised a three-month social media internship paying just £20 a day. Current clients of The CAN Group include TOWIE (The Only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Wages
YOUNG JOBSEEKERS ARE “PLAYING HARD TO GET” WITH EMPLOYERS, REPORT CLAIMS The UK’s “picky” graduates are “playing hard to get” with employers, and many are actually turning down jobs, if new reports are to be believed. Can this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 10, 2015 | Applications, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships
SHOCKING! PUBLISHER DEMANDS THAT YOUNG WRITERS PAY TO BE IN PRINT Would you pay to see your name in print? One of the UK’s biggest publishers of local and regional newspapers is charging £120 for wannabe journalists to have their work published in one of its...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 4, 2015 | Applications, Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, PR and marketing, professional development
WHY THE OGILVY FELLOWSHIP SCHEME WANTS TO SEE HOW YOU LOOK ON CAMERA Employers say that the written word can only tell them so much about what a candidate is really like — so a growing number of firms are experimenting with video CVs and applications as a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 28, 2015 | Applications, Arts and culture, Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY “DONATES” THREE-MONTH “RARE OPPORTUNITY” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN, RAW STORY AND THE INDEPENDENT! * An unpaid Hollywood internship at a major movie studio is being auctioned...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 22, 2015 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities
ARE EXAMS GETTING EASIER – OR ARE STUDENTS WORKING HARDER? A record number of UK graduates are being awarded a 2:1 degree or above – but why? Are exams getting easier, is teaching getting better – or are students simply working harder? New figures...
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