London Zoo intern defends unpaid roles, saying: “I gained invaluable experience”

London Zoo intern defends unpaid roles, saying: “I gained invaluable experience”

AND CLAIMS YOU CAN LIVE ON EXPENSES IN LONDON * ANOTHER GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * A former London Zoo intern has defended its controversial unpaid internships, saying the backlash against her former employer is unfair as she gained “invaluable experience and...
Stop the madness! London Zoo seeks unpaid intern with a Master’s degree

Stop the madness! London Zoo seeks unpaid intern with a Master’s degree

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...
Dyspraxic graduates: 16 things you need to know when job hunting

Dyspraxic graduates: 16 things you need to know when job hunting

PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS – AND TAKE YOUR TIME, SAYS EXPERT Graduate job-hunting can feel especially daunting if you have dyspraxia (also known as developmental co-ordination disorder, or DCD). Being clumsy, forgetful and having a less-than-brilliant sense of...
New compulsory living wage announced – but you won’t get it until your 25th birthday

New compulsory living wage announced – but you won’t get it until your 25th birthday

CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCES BOOST TO PAY – BUT UNDER-25s EXCLUDED (FOR NO APPARENT REASON) The Chancellor George Osborne has just announced the introduction of a new compulsory living wage of £7.20 per hour, which will take effect from April 2016 and rise to £9 an hour...
Mind the graduate pay gap! Men make £2,000 more than women in first job after uni

Mind the graduate pay gap! Men make £2,000 more than women in first job after uni

TWO GRAND GENDER PAY GAP STARTS STRAIGHT AFTER UNI The average graduate salary for male graduates is £2,000 more than for female graduates in their first job after university – indicating that the so-called ‘gender pay gap’ between the sexes can be...
‘Mum, find me an internship?’ Parents go online to trade work placements for their kids on new website myInternSwap

‘Mum, find me an internship?’ Parents go online to trade work placements for their kids on new website myInternSwap

GAIN EXPERIENCE AT THE BBC, TED BAKER OR OXFAM – BUT ONLY IF YOUR PARENTS CAN MATCH THE OFFER ANOTHER GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * WOW! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, DAILY MAIL, EXPRESS, BUZZFEED, DAZED, RADIO 4’S TODAY PROGRAMME AND MORE!...
Can’t find a graduate job? Perhaps you’re just not posh enough

Can’t find a graduate job? Perhaps you’re just not posh enough

IT’S OFFICIAL: TOP FIRMS FAVOUR ‘POLISHED’ APPLICANTS FROM PRIVILEGED BACKGROUNDS (EVEN IF THEY’RE LESS CLEVER) The UK’s top employers have been slammed for sidelining the UK’s bright working class applicants in favour of more...
YES! PwC graduate scheme will no longer demand UCAS points minimum

YES! PwC graduate scheme will no longer demand UCAS points minimum

“LAZY” FILTER SYSTEM BINNED AFTER BIAS TOWARDS PRIVATE SCHOOL GRADUATES IS REVEALED One of the UK’s largest graduate employers is scrapping the use of a UCAS points minimum as an entry criteria for its graduate scheme, after it found that the system...
Labour will end ‘scandal’ of unpaid internships if elected

Labour will end ‘scandal’ of unpaid internships if elected

HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOUNG WORKERS FINALLY RECOGNISED – WILL OTHER PARTIES FOLLOW SUIT? Ed Miliband has promised that all internships lasting more than a month will be paid if the Labour Party is elected in May. This will end the ‘scandal’ of the...
Rip-off alert! Media jobs board asks graduates to pay just to VIEW job adverts

Rip-off alert! Media jobs board asks graduates to pay just to VIEW job adverts

BBC, ITV AND CHANNEL 4 VACANCIES ALL APPEAR BEHIND PAYWALL * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * A media jobs board has shocked cash-strapped young jobseekers by asking them to pay a fee just to view job adverts. Critics say the company has “crossed the line” but...