by Tanya de Grunwald | May 2, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR IN TEN HAVE APPLIED FOR OVER 100 JOBS AND A THIRD ARE CLAIMING THE DOLE More than a third of UK graduates have been forced to claim Jobseekers Allowance, two fifths have applied for over 100 jobs and a quarter have not been offered any interviews at all. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 4, 2012 | Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
SHOCK AS UNPAID, THREE-MONTH PLACEMENT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS ‘BEST INTERNSHIP’ PRIZE An internship lasting 12 weeks, involving real work and paying only travel and lunch expenses has been awarded the prestigious “Graduate Internship of the Year”...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 21, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
DESPITE TWO DEGREES, RACHEL SAYS SHE’S ‘LOSING HER MIND’ BECAUSE SHE CAN’T FIND WORK *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
THREE-MONTH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY DEGREE, SAYS NEW REPORT A new report commissioned by the government has shocked students and graduates by suggesting that every university student should complete up to 12 weeks of interning as part of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 6, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
A THIRD OF GRADUATES ARE DOING LOW-SKILLED JOBS, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS The number of recent graduates employed in low-skilled jobs — including retail assistants, cleaners, hotel porters and machine operatives — has hit a ten-year high, according to new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 23, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
IN BOTH GROUPS, ONE IN FOUR IS LOOKING FOR WORK A 21-year-old graduate now has the same change of being out of work as a 16-year-old school leaver with one GCSE, according to new stats released today. While the figures are unlikely to cheer job-seeking graduates, we...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 25, 2012 | Careers advice, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment
BUY THE BOOK NOW! Good news for graduates – work is under way on a new book which promises to help you to find a job after leaving university, even in a recession. How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession will be available from May 2012 exclusively via this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 14, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
TWO-WEEK UNPAID PLACEMENT AT DISCOUNT STORE MAY HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL A graduate is suing the government over an unpaid two-week work placement at Poundland which she was told to complete by her local job centre – or face losing her Jobseeker’s Allowance...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
EVEN TOP UNIVERSITIES OFFER POOR ADVICE, SAY JOBLESS GRADUATES A senior figure in the world of university career advice has admitted that the industry must do more to help graduates into work, as record youth unemployment statistics were announced last week....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 29, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG, UNEMPLOYED SINGLES WILL BE LEAST LIKELY TO GET COUNCIL HOMES Unemployed graduates could find themselves at the back of the queue for council housing, if a new scheme being trialled in London is rolled out nationwide. The central London borough of Westminster...
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