Can’t afford to intern unpaid? Just pick up the phone and complain!

Can’t afford to intern unpaid? Just pick up the phone and complain!

POORER GRADUATES CAN NOW REPORT ADVERTS FOR UNPAID INTERNSHIPS AS GOVERNMENT FINALLY VOWS TO BACK YOUNG WORKERS Graduates who spot adverts for unpaid internships which appear to involve real work but pay less than the minimum wage can now report them to officials,...
Employers paranoid they are on ‘intern hit list’ passed to officials

Employers paranoid they are on ‘intern hit list’ passed to officials

BIG BRANDS PANIC, FEARING INVESTIGATION, FINES AND PUBLIC SHAME Big brands that have been brazenly advertising unpaid internships – and the big job boards that carry these adverts – were feeling the heat today as a list of 100 big companies who have been...
Pulling pints or waiting tables? Quit your stop-gap job NOW, graduates warned

Pulling pints or waiting tables? Quit your stop-gap job NOW, graduates warned

ONE IN FOUR WHO TAKE NON-GRADUATE JOBS ARE STILL THERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER Graduates who take ‘stop-gap’ jobs after finishing university because they can’t find a graduate role are being urged to move on quickly. New research shows that one...
Graduates on benefits – strivers or skivers?

Graduates on benefits – strivers or skivers?

WHY ARE EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVING WELFARE PAYMENTS? Recently graduated – and claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, housing benefit or any other form of welfare ‘hand-out’? Do you consider yourself a striver – or a skiver? As the...