by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 21, 2017 | Applications, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes, social mobility
NEW REPORT SLAMS EMPLOYERS’ SNOBBERY AND OBSESSION WITH POSH UNIVERSITIES – WHILE OUR SPONSOR GRANT THORNTON LEADS THE WAY ON PROGRESS The UK’s top employers are still far too focused on hiring graduates from universities which have the highest...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Unpaid internships, Wages
HALLIBURTON STUNS YOUNG JOB-SEEKERS WITH ADVERT FOR WAGE-FREE ROLE * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN! * One of the world’s biggest oil giants has shocked the UK’s young job-seekers by advertising a full-time unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, job hunting
SHOW MORE RESPECT, SAYS YOUNG JOB SEEKER ACCIDENTALLY SENT ‘AWFUL’ CV NOTES A graduate has declined an interview with an employer who accidentally included in their email invitation comments referencing her CV as being that of a “home-educated...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 27, 2017 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Universities
WANT A GROWN-UP JOB WITH AN UN-STUFFY FIRM? READ ON! * FIND EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT AT GRADUATE FOG! * We like EY (formerly Ernst & Young). First, the professional services firm came out to support fair pay for interns. Next, we realised they are way ahead of the curve...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 21, 2017 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Job boards, job hunting, Media and journalism, PR and marketing, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
MOVE SENDS STRONG SIGNAL TO STUBBORN INDUSTRY AND ARROGANT EMPLOYERS Looking for a paid media internship? Until now, they’ve been hard to find – but things may be about to change. One of the UK’s biggest websites for jobs in media, journalism and PR...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 17, 2017 | Applications, Banking, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development
“BE HONEST – AND DON’T WORRY IF YOU DON’T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS” RBS is a bank with a history of looking ahead. Since it was established by royal charter in 1727 (yes, really!), it has granted the world’s first overdraft, launched...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 27, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE TOPSY-TURVY LOGIC OF PAYING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THEIR LABOUR An unpaid ‘work experience’ scheme by Pret a Manger was slammed at the weekend – the public backlash was so strong that the sandwich chain was forced to perform a U-turn and pledge that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 22, 2017 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, job hunting
ASK AN EMPLOYER! Series sponsored by Grant Thornton Phew! Your interview is nearly over and – whether it went badly or brilliantly – you’re probably keen to rush out of there. But wait! There is one last question coming — and, contrary to what...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2017 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, professional development, science and technology, Universities, Wages
AND WHY THE TECH GIANT WANTS TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU * EXCLUSIVE TO GRADUATE FOG! * IBM is one of the world’s largest IT and consulting services companies: from helping transform healthcare to improving customers’ shopping experiences, it’s what...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 8, 2017 | Confidence and self-esteem, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, job hunting
ASK AN EMPLOYER! Series sponsored by Grant Thornton It’s illegal for employers to discriminate on the grounds of disability — and they have to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ if you have any extra requirements, either during the job application,...
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