by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 26, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
HOW OLDER WORKERS WHO REFUSE TO RETIRE ARE STOPPING THE YOUNG FROM GETTING STARTED Changes to the default retirement age will block even more young people from entering the labour market, a new survey suggests. Bosses say that new Government rules, which come into...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 22, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
BIZARRE RESPONSE FROM HIGH STREET FASHION CHAIN The high street fashion retailer River Island has refused to answer our questions about whether they have any interns working within their company. In a bizarre thread of emails from their HR department, the chain has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 20, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships
INTERNS ARE HIRED “THROUGH FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF STAFF AND ASSOCIATES” **This story has been updated since it first went live earlier this week – see Comments below for the latest news** Quintessentially — the concierge firm serving the rich...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUT ARE THEIR COMPETITORS AS WELL-BEHAVED? The British advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has become the first Pay Your Interns target to tell Graduate Fog that the company pays its interns the National Minimum Wage (£5.93 an hour, rising to £6.08 from 1...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 13, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships
TIP-OFFS FLOOD IN FOR OUR NEW ‘PAY YOUR INTERNS’ CAMPAIGN Graduate Fog has been swamped with requests from interns to approach their former employers as part of our new name and shame campaign Pay Your Interns. The campaign only launched on Saturday...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 10, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG LAUNCHES NEW NAME-AND-SHAME CAMPAIGN TODAY Are you sick of doing unpaid internships that never lead to a job – just another unpaid internship? Are you tired of waiting for politicians to clamp down on the companies which exploit their young workers...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCK CLAIM APPEARS IN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT ‘COOL’ OFFICES Reports that interns at global advertising agency Mother work in a cage have been met with alarm — but the company insists that it treats its young workers well. Last month, the London...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 7, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHORT-CHANGED GRADUATES OFFERED MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Were you over-charged for your degree? Students at a London university have become the first to be promised a refund if they fail to find work after graduation. The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 6, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Wages
HAVE FAT CATS SHAFTED GRADUATES TO PROTECT THEIR OWN PAY PACKETS? Bosses’ claims that they can’t afford to hire many new graduates this year are being scrutinized – as new figures show that executives have enjoyed massive increases in their own...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 31, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCKING NEW STATS SHOW HOW FAMILIES ARE BORROWING MONEY FOR THEIR CHILD’S DEGREE – BUT IS THEIR INVESTMENT WORTHWHILE? A record number of parents are taking out loans to help their children through university, according to new statistics – and even...
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