by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 25, 2015 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, student loan, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages
HALF OF GRADUATES KNOW ONLY ‘ROUGHLY’ WHAT THEY OWE No idea how much student debt you have, how long it will take to pay back, or how much interest you’re being charged? You’re not alone. New research shows that six in ten graduates don’t...
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 12, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Tuition fees, Wages
(AND NO, THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK WHEN THEY GRADUATE) Is it fair that students are burdened with the entire cost of their degree, when some of the world’s biggest firms also benefit – and profit – from that education? Professional...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 5, 2015 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Politicians, social mobility, Tuition fees, Wages
CUT OUT CAPPUCCINOS TO PAY OFF YOUR LOAN, SAYS POLITICIAN – BUT DOES HIS MATHS ADD UP? A government minister who implied that graduates could pay off their debt easily by simply cutting out cappuccinos has been slammed for minimising the true scale of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
TIGHT-FISTED EMPLOYER INSISTS IT IS A “FAIR ADMINISTRATIVE FEE” * OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE OBSERVER! * Former interns who worked at a London thinktank have been told they must pay a £300 fee if they want a job reference from their old employer. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 27, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
LOOKING FOR A GRADUATE JOB THIS YEAR? READ THIS FIRST! If you’re looking for a well-paid, permanent graduate job in 2015, you’ll need to have your wits about you. Despite good news about falling unemployment, many graduates say they’re still finding...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 18, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
SHOW US THE MONEY, SAY CASH-STRAPPED YOUNG WORKERS Bosses who hire graduates, take note: what your young staff really want isn’t a Christmas party or more time off. Four in ten say what they really want is… a pay rise. A festive survey of 500 students...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 16, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW ONE TINY TWEAK WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT FOR YOUNG WORKERS Good news for interns at last! Yesterday, Labour announced it is backing an important proposal which will help to ensure that all internships lasting more than four weeks are automatically paid, if the party...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 9, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
* JOB BOARD MONSTER GIVES AWAY 150 COPIES TO GRADUATES * Job board Monster is giving away 150 copies of How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession, as an early Christmas present to the UK’s job-hunting graduates. To win your book (plus a Monster goody bag),...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
UK CAPITAL HAS ‘A BIG PROBLEM’ WITH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, FINDS DAMNING NEW REPORT More than six in 10 London internships are paid less than the minimum wage and unpaid internships are ‘a big problem’ in the capital, according to a damning new...
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