by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 6, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, job hunting, professional development, Retail, Wages
SHOCK RESULT AS DISCOUNT RETAILER BEATS TECH GIANT IN NEW LIST OF TOP EMPLOYERS The Aldi graduate scheme is better than Google’s, according to the UK’s graduates. The discount retailer has risen to number two in the prestigious Times Top 100 list of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 8, 2015 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 8, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, London, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
MANCHESTER, LEEDS AND NEWCASTLE OFFER GOOD JOBS AND CHEAPER LIVING Thinking of heading to London now you’ve graduated? Graduates looking for somewhere to live and work might be smarter to avoid the capital and head for northern cities like Manchester, according...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 2, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, Confidence and self-esteem, diversity, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 23, 2015 | Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
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!...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, student loan, Wages
BIG EMPLOYERS REPORT HUNDREDS OF SPARE PLACES… WHILE THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES ARE UNDER-EMPLOYED IN SHOPS AND CALL CENTRES Two thirds of the UK’s biggest graduate employers say they are struggling to fill their vacancies for 2015 – because the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 15, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Banking, Business, Confidence and self-esteem, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Money, Parents and family, professional development, social mobility, Tuition fees, Universities, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 9, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Media and journalism, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
TIRED OF WORKING FOR FREE? GET TOUGH – OR GET OUT OF THERE Working for free – and running out of cash, fast? You’re not alone. In a graduate job market as tough as today’s, thousands of graduates are finding themselves working for free...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Media and journalism, Money, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
MYSTERY DELAYS AND SLOPPY SERVICE SUGGEST EXPLOITATION OF YOUNG WORKERS IS NOT A PRIORITY Interns are being forced to wait more than a year before officials even START investigating their cases against former employers, Graduate Fog has learned. Despite public...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 29, 2015 | Arts and culture, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
BUT MAKERS CLAIM PUBLIC HAS ‘MISINTERPRETED’ TRUE NATURE OF PROGRAMME >> NEWSFLASH! This story has now been picked up by the MailOnline, Independent (twice), Telegraph, Express, Guardian, Sun, Huffington Post, Sydney Morning...
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