by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 8, 2014 | average graduate salary, Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
“FAT CAT WEDNESDAY” HIGHLIGHTS PAY GAP BETWEEN JUNIOR AND SENIOR STAFF Bosses at some of the UK’s biggest companies have already earned more than most graduates will make in the whole of 2014 – after just two days in the office. By mid-morning...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 7, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Wages
GRADUATES ARE “EDUCATED BUT UNTRAINED” INSISTS ROYAL (WHO DIDN’T GO TO UNI) Prince Andrew has claimed graduates are unprepared for the world of work, and that young people should only regard their university degree as “icing on the cake”...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 24, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
BUT LOW WAGES AND SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS WILL STAY If you found it tough to land a graduate job in 2013, we have good news. It should be a bit easier in 2014. More than a fifth of firms say they plan to hire more graduates in 2014 than they did in 2013, according to a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUZZFEED PUBLISHES SHOCKING LIST Buzzfeed has published a list of the most shocking unpaid internships ever to have been advertised or run in Great Britain – including many examples originally uncovered by Graduate Fog. The shameful collection includes examples...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 26, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
INEXPERIENCED WORKERS MUST “FACE THE CONSEQUENCES” OF TOO MUCH FUN AT UNI, SAYS YOUNG JOURNALIST A young journalist has sparked intense debate online after claiming many of her fellow graduates are not worth paying because they don’t have the skills...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 25, 2013 | Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Recession and economy, Wages
FATIGUE COULD HAVE BEEN A TRIGGER – BUT NO CONCLUSIVE PROOF, EXPERT TELLS COURT An inquest has found that Moritz Erhardt, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern who was found dead in a shower at his London flat after working for 72 hours in a row, died of an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 21, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, science and technology, Wages
ONE COMPANY BOSS INSISTS YOU ARE WORTH IT (AND YES, HE IS HIRING NOW!) If you asked a company boss “What is a new graduate worth to you?” you’d expect them to say “Not much”, “As little as I can get away with paying”, or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 20, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, zero hours contracts
BUT WAGES DO RISE FASTER FOR THOSE WITH A DEGREE New figures show how almost half of all university leavers have taken non-graduate roles – and the true average graduate salary appears to be far lower than the £29,000 stated previously by statisticians...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 17, 2013 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting
DEBATE: ARE RUDE RECRUITERS TRASHING THEIR COMPANY’S REPUTATION? If you apply for a job at a well-known company and they never reply, does it make you think less of that brand? If you travel miles to an assessment day (paying your own travel expenses) –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
DEAD GRADUATE WORKED “EXCESSIVELY” DURING PLACEMENT AT LONDON BANK The father of the banking intern who died after working for three nights in a row has said “something needs to change” to prevent a similar tragedy happening again. He called...
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