by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 2, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
CAMPAIGNERS INTERN AWARE EXPLAIN WHAT’S GOING ON Confused by talk of a new ‘ban’ on unpaid internships, since most of them are already illegal? We were too – so we asked our friends at Intern Aware to clarify. They’ve explained that there...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 6, 2016 | Banking, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, social mobility
WHAT EXACTLY DID HE MEAN? * STORY PICKED UP BY THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD! * A senior spokesperson for HSBC has suggested graduates should use family connections to help them find out about jobs. In an article published in The Times Graduate Supplement earlier this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 22, 2016 | Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Recession and economy
NEW YOUTH MINISTER MUST BE APPOINTED, CHARITY URGES Earning crummy wages? Still living with your parents? Worried about the future? The UK’s young people are experiencing a massive confidence crisis and “suspended adulthood” according to a new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 1, 2016 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate schemes
LARGE EMPLOYERS NOW RISK LOSING BEST CANDIDATES TO SMALLER FIRMS Graduates have slammed the UK’s big employers for failing to offer feedback and being slow to provide progress updates – stoking fears that large firms which don’t streamline their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
IS SHOCK EU REFERENDUM RESULT GOOD OR BAD NEWS FOR YOUNG WORKERS? In case you missed it (!), the British public has just voted to leave the European Union (EU). On Friday it was announced that 52% of those who voted wished to leave (‘Brexit’), while only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, General election and voting, Immigration, Politicians, Recession and economy, Universities, Wages
LEAVE, REMAIN – OR STILL UNDECIDED? TELL US WHICH SIDE YOU’RE ON Today – Thursday 23rd June – we are being asked to decide whether the UK should remain part of the EU (‘Bremain’) or leave (‘Brexit’). The outcome of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2016 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, social mobility, Unpaid internships
YES, YOU CAN GET A GRADUATE JOB WITHOUT WORKING FOR FREE FIRST Despairing because you can’t afford to work for free? Convinced that the best graduate jobs always go to graduates who can afford to do months of unpaid internships? Stop! There IS a way you can...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 2, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Money, PR and marketing, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, EARN PENNIES, THEN ORGANISE YOUR OWN LEAVING PARTY (IT WILL “TURBO CHARGE” YOUR CAREER, APPARENTLY) UPDATE: We have friends in high places! PR guru Mark Borkowski has just tweeted that this advert is “not a good look” for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 25, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG WORKERS SHOULD SIMPLY ‘REJECT’ UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Graduates are too willing to work for free and should simply “reject” unpaid internships, a PR agency boss has said. She also implied that graduates who don’t “value their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
BECAUSE VIOLENCE DOESN’T SOLVE ANYTHING If one thing makes us mad, it’s unpaid internships. In fact, this website made its name by naming and shaming the big firms and famous people who exploit graduates who are so desperate for experience they’ll...
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