by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog Employers Club
GOOGLE, ASOS AND SELFRIDGES ATTEND GRADUATE FOG EMPLOYERS CLUB SUMMER EVENT What do young women expect from graduate employers in 2018 and beyond? That was the question being asked – and answered – at the summer meeting of the Graduate Fog Employers Club,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 11, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Fog Employers Club
ROYAL MAIL, CANCER RESEARCH UK AND J. WALTER THOMPSON ‘PROUD’ TO BE IN OUR GANG We are pleased to announce that the first three members of the Graduate Fog Employers Club are Royal Mail, Cancer Research UK and advertising firm J. Walter Thompson. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 1, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes, Law, resigning and references
OUTSOURCING GIANT CAPITA BLASTED FOR CONTRACTS THAT LOCK GRADUATES IN TO JOBS THEY HATE * LOOK! WE’VE BEEN QUOTED IN THE GUARDIAN * Sometimes, a new job just doesn’t work out. But a growing number of graduates are finding themselves locked in to roles with...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 24, 2018 | Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Wages, workfare
DISCOUNT STORE ADMITS INVOLVEMENT CEASED IN APRIL – BUT DID THEY JUMP OR WERE THEY PUSHED? * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Poundland is no longer acting as a ‘host’ employer on the government’s Work Experience programme, Graduate Fog can exclusively...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 14, 2018 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, social mobility, Unpaid internships
WHO’S GREAT TO WORK FOR? LOOK FOR THE MEMBER BADGE On Monday 26th March, Graduate Fog starts a new chapter. We’ll still be slagging off bad employers – but we’ll also be praising good ones. Employers who want to help make the world of work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 17, 2018 | Employers and recruitment, Universities
SUSPICION GROWS THAT UNIVERSITIES ARE INFLATING RESULTS TO ATTRACT NEW STUDENTS Universities have been accused of deliberately inflating graduates’ degree grades in an effort to retain their league table ranking and attract more new students, as it emerged that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 18, 2017 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate schemes, Unpaid internships, workfare
OUR HEROES AND VILLAINS FROM THE LAST 12 MONTHS What a year it’s been. We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our readers for supporting Graduate Fog in 2017, especially those who shared or retweeted our blog posts or who told your friends about the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 14, 2017 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
PARENTS AND CARERS SAY THEY’RE LOCKED OUT OF GRADUATE PROGRAMMES DEMANDING RIGID, FULL-TIME HOURS Should a law which allows most workers to request flexi-time be extended to those applying to the big graduate schemes? After all, graduates have responsibilities...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2017 | Applications, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, professional development
NEW ADVICE ON CVS, APPLICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS FOR GRADUATES WITH DYSLEXIA Being a dyslexic graduate can make a tough job market feel even tougher. Graduate applications, CVs, covering letters, assessment days and interviews are all more stressful if words swim on the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 2, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
HOW SMARTER TECH BENEFITS CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS If you’re busy applying for the big graduate schemes, the chances are you’ve already felt your fair share of frustration. Like the moment when you’ve already spent hours on an application...
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