by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 1, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
UNPAID ROLE APPEARED IN EMAIL ALERT FROM THIRD-PARTY JOB BOARD IN JANUARY *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* A graduate has told Graduate Fog that she saw the Ritz’s advert for an unpaid HR intern back in January, advertised through a third-party job board called...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 28, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
POSITION WAS NEVER RECRUITED FOR, INSISTS LUXURY HOTEL The Ritz London has claimed that an advert for an unpaid HR intern which appeared on its own website was “erroneously posted in draft format in our online recruitment system and is not a role that was...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 27, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR-DAYS-A-WEEK PLACEMENT AT LUXURY HOTEL PAYS TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY One of the world’s most exclusive luxury hotels is recruiting for a unpaid intern – offering only travel expenses and meals instead of wages. An advert has appeared on The Ritz...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 26, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
FINALLY SOME REAL HELP FOR STRUGGLING YOUNG JOBSEEKERS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG Google has launched a new six-week training programme for job-hunting graduates – that’s completely free of charge. “Squared” is designed to bridge the perceived gap in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 21, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
APPLICANTS INCLUDE GRADUATES, SAYS COFFEE CHAIN A new branch of Costa has been flooded with 1,701 CVs – for just eight shop-based jobs. In a startling reminder of the tough competition for jobs in 2013, the coffee chain revealed that applicants included numerous...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 18, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
POUNDLAND INTERN ATTACKED AGAIN BY IAIN DUNCAN SMITH Intern hero Cait Reilly sees herself as “too good” to stack supermarket shelves, the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said, hitting out AGAIN at the 24-year-old geology graduate who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 12, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES ARE ILLEGAL AND PARTICIPANTS CAN DEMAND BACK PAY, JUDGES RULE An intern who says she was forced to work for free at Poundland as part of a government scheme has won her appeal, leaving the coalition’s back-to-work schemes in tatters. Cait...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 7, 2013 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships
…AND MORE THAN A THIRD HAVEN’T EVEN USED THEIR CAREERS SERVICE Less than half of students say their university has met their expectations in helping them prepare for life after graduation – and more than a third say they haven’t even used their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 31, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOOD GRADES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, SAY UK’S BIG GRADUATE RECRUITERS Graduates who worked hard on their studies but spent their summers doing bar work or a shop job will miss out on the best graduate jobs in 2013, analysts have said. In an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
PRET A MANGER WORKERS MUST APPEAR “AUTHENTICALLY HAPPY” – FOR £6.25 AN HOUR The sandwich chain Pret A Manger has been accused of making unreasonable demands on their young workers, expecting them to be all smiles at all times – despite earning...
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