by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 16, 2017 | Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, Money, Recession and economy, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
COULD GRADUATES EARN MORE IF BOSSES EARNED LESS? We have a National Minimum Wage – but is it time we had a National Maximum Wage too? The idea was proposed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last week, as a potential solution to the growing problem of pay...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, job hunting, Money, Retail, Wages
SUPERMARKETS VOLUNTARILY BOOST PAY TO ABOVE THE LIVING WAGE – BUT WILL OTHERS FOLLOW? Aldi and Lidl have given January jobseekers a reason to be cheerful – but voluntarily boosting wages for their lowest-paid workers. The question now is: Will other firms...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2016 | Business, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships
PLACEMENT “PERFECT FOR A BUDDING JOURNALIST” (AS LONG AS THEY CAN PAY TO DO IT) Business newspaper City AM is offering a one-week internship at its London headquarters – but it is only open to those who can afford to pay at least £650 for the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 6, 2016 | Banking, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, social mobility
WHAT EXACTLY DID HE MEAN? * STORY PICKED UP BY THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD! * A senior spokesperson for HSBC has suggested graduates should use family connections to help them find out about jobs. In an article published in The Times Graduate Supplement earlier this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 5, 2016 | Business, Money, Wages
STORE BELIEVES IN “A MEANINGFUL WAGE FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD THEY ARE” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Graduate Fog loves IKEA — and not just because they stock products named Milf, Skanka and Fartyg. Last year, the furniture megastore earned a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
IS SHOCK EU REFERENDUM RESULT GOOD OR BAD NEWS FOR YOUNG WORKERS? In case you missed it (!), the British public has just voted to leave the European Union (EU). On Friday it was announced that 52% of those who voted wished to leave (‘Brexit’), while only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2016 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, social mobility, Unpaid internships
YES, YOU CAN GET A GRADUATE JOB WITHOUT WORKING FOR FREE FIRST Despairing because you can’t afford to work for free? Convinced that the best graduate jobs always go to graduates who can afford to do months of unpaid internships? Stop! There IS a way you can...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 25, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG WORKERS SHOULD SIMPLY ‘REJECT’ UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Graduates are too willing to work for free and should simply “reject” unpaid internships, a PR agency boss has said. She also implied that graduates who don’t “value their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 26, 2016 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, job hunting
FALLING AT THE FINAL FENCE? FIND OUT WHY You jumped for joy when you got invited for interview! You thought the meeting went well… But you’ve just heard you didn’t get the job. Oh. What went wrong? Smart graduates take a moment to feel gutted (and have a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 19, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Money, Politicians, social mobility
REPUBLICAN PARTY CANDIDATE OFFERS 10-WEEK PLACEMENT – BUT ONLY TO THOSE WITH SUPER-RICH PARENTS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE CHALLENGED THIS INTERNSHIP* Story last updated: 1pm (UK time), Thursday 21 April 2016 * WOW! Story picked up by...
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