by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Recession and economy, science and technology, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
GSK ADMITS AGENCY’S CRASS APPROACH TO THIS WEBSITE WAS “UNACCEPTABLE” * OOH! STORY PICKED UP IN THE OBSERVER! * The marketing firm that asked us to publish a post urging cash-strapped graduates and unpaid interns to consider clinical trials as a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 19, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
HOUSING CAMPAIGNERS LAUNCH NEW RENTERS’ MANIFESTO Can’t afford to move out of your parents’ place – or sharing an overpriced, grubby, private rental shoebox? Good news – the voices of cash-strapped graduates still living with their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Recession and economy, science and technology, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
TESTING DRUGS “COULD BE YOUR SOLUTION” TO GRADUATE MONEY WORRIES, SAYS DRUG FIRM REP * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * UPDATE, SUNDAY 22 JUNE: GSK SACKS AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INCIDENT Cash-strapped graduates and unpaid interns are being targeted for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 21, 2014 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
MARTIN HADFIELD DIED 24 HOURS AFTER LAST APPOINTMENT *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 | May 19, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
ROCK-BOTTOM PAY FOR 5 MILLION WORKERS “CAN’T CARRY ON”, INSISTS ED MILIBAND Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans to increase the UK’s national minimum wage to a level closer to the country’s average income, if his party wins the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 13, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
YOUNG PEOPLE’S INCOMES ARE STILL TOO DEPENDENT ON MUM AND DAD’S WEALTH, SAYS NEW REPORT The UK’s poor track record of social mobility means that young people’s life chances are too dependent on their parents’ income, rather than their own...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 6, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
YOUNG JOBSEEKERS WHO REFUSE COULD LOSE BENEFITS FOR THREE MONTHS OR MORE Young jobseekers – including graduates – face losing their benefits if they refuse to take zero-hours contract roles, under new plans being drawn up by the government. Those who turn...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 17, 2014 | Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, workfare
120,000 FAKE OR DUPLICATE POSITIONS REMOVED FROM UNIVERSAL JOBSMATCH In the last 18 months, tens of thousands of jobseekers – including graduates – have been told they must sign up to Universal Jobsmatch to find work, or risk losing their benefits. But now...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 12, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, professional development, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
SKILLS MISMATCH MEANS 30% OF WORKERS ARE OVER-EDUCATED FOR THEIR ROLE Nearly a third of the UK’s workforce is over-qualified for the position they are currently in, thanks to a massive miscalculation on the part of policy-makers and economists in the last few...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 27, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
LOWEST PAID WORKERS LOOK SET TO EARN 3% MORE There is good news for graduates earning the national minimum wage – Britain’s business leaders have announced they are backing a proposed 3% rise recommended by the Low Pay Commission. The bad news?...
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