by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 24, 2020 | Charities and volunteering, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employment rights, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAS YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP JUST BEEN TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A JOB? At Graduate Fog, we’ve seen a lot in the 10 years we’ve been blogging about the UK’s youth jobs market. But this latest twist – ‘furlunteering’ – has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 24, 2018 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, social mobility, Unpaid internships
HOW TO GRAB YOUR PLACE ON THEIR SCHEME – BY THE PERSON WHO’LL READ YOUR APPLICATION * THE SUMMER SCHEME HAS CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THEIR AUTUMN SCHEME IN JULY * Keen to start a career in the charity world, but can’t afford to intern unpaid?...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2018 | Charities and volunteering, Unpaid internships
FIRST BIG UK CHARITY MAKES HISTORIC MOVE TO PAID ROLES ONLY Cancer Research UK today announced that from June 2018 all its internships will be paid — making it the first big UK charity to abolish unpaid internships, and heralding what is likely to be the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 8, 2017 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
THINKING ABOUT WORKING FOR FREE? READ THIS FIRST Unpaid internships are illegal and unfair. But that doesn’t change the fact that you need to get your career started — and it’s hard to find paid, entry-level jobs. So, if you can find a way to fund...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2016 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, social mobility, Unpaid internships
CHARITY BLASTED FOR ADVERTISING 33 UNPAID, OFFICE-BASED ROLES AIMED AT GRADUATES * OOH! OUR STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY THE TIMES, THE GUARDIAN AND THE DAILY MAIL* The National Trust has insisted that its unpaid internships are not exploitative and are open to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2015 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, professional development, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
SIX-MONTH ROLE IN LONDON PAYS JUST £5 PER DAY FOR LUNCH * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * >> Ooh! This story has picked up by London’s Evening Standard, the Guardian and the Independent A six-month, unpaid London Zoo internship has angered science graduates...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 28, 2015 | Applications, Arts and culture, Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY “DONATES” THREE-MONTH “RARE OPPORTUNITY” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN, RAW STORY AND THE INDEPENDENT! * An unpaid Hollywood internship at a major movie studio is being auctioned...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 16, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
SOCIAL MOBILITY WATCHDOG PUSHES FOR OUTRIGHT BAN ON WAGE-FREE PLACEMENTS An influential new report has loaded pressure on employers still using unpaid interns to end the practice immediately. Having unpaid young workers effectively doing real jobs is exploitative,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 7, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
NO WAGES, NO OFFICE AND NO PROFIT – ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE RUNNING A BUSINESS, GUYS? At Graduate Fog, we see a lot of adverts for unpaid internships. They all make our blood boil – that’s why we’ve named and shamed dozens of employers in the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 4, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
WEBSITE EDITOR TOLD HE “NEEDED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARITY’S ETHOS” A former employee at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation has said that voicing his concerns about the number of unpaid interns working there “did not go down...
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