by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 21, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
WORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS UNPAID – WITH NO EXPENSES A hawk-eyed Graduate Fogger has spotted what could be the most outrageous ad EVER for an internship ‘opportunity.’ Powerful Media – “a cutting edge media consultancy firm based in Canary...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
NEW BOOK BLAMES YEARS OF SHORT-SIGHTED POLITICS FOR THE PLIGHT OF TODAY’S YOUNG WORKERS Two young journalists have launched a blistering attack on the politicians who have failed to protect the welfare of today’s young job-seekers. In their new book Jilted...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG STONEWALLED BY ANCIENT SYSTEM THAT PUTS EMPLOYERS FIRST AND INTERNS LAST In August, I made an official complaint against the big companies that Graduate Fog knows have been advertising for unpaid interns. At least, I tried to. I’m disappointed to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
ONLY SIX PROSECUTIONS IN FOUR YEARS, FINDS GRADUATE FOG Shocking statistics discovered by Graduate Fog suggest that the official complaints procedure in place to protect interns from exploitation needs an urgent re-think. Left as it is now, the current system will...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 20, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
REPLIES TO EVERY APPLICANT GUARANTEED – AND COMPANIES WHO USE UNPAID INTERNS ARE BANNED! Today this website launches the new Graduate Fog Job Board! As well as offering you fantastic opportunities (and earning me a bit of cash so I can keep our brilliant website...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 19, 2010 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
CLASS OF 2010 IS ‘NUMEROUS AND DEPRESSINGLY SIMILAR’, HE CLAIMS A university professor has suggested that today’s graduates leave university without the ability to think. The claim appeared in an article by Tim Birkhead, professor of behavioural...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 26, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Food, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
CONFUSED EMAIL INSISTS ILLEGAL ROLE WAS OFFERED “WITH THE BEST INTENTION” Morrisons has finally responded to my query about their ad for an intern to work on their magazine for ‘approx 4 weeks’, being paid travel expenses only. Unfortunately,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 23, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘EXCITING OPPORTUNITY’ TO WORK UNTIL MAY 2011 – FOR NO PAY! Graduate Fog has caught high street fashion retailer Urban Outfitters recruiting for a NINE MONTH internship in the planning and allocation department at their London head office, paying...
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