by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 4, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
WHY ARE EDUCATED YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVING WELFARE PAYMENTS? Recently graduated – and claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, housing benefit or any other form of welfare ‘hand-out’? Do you consider yourself a striver – or a skiver? As the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Parents and family, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG, RURAL JOBSEEKERS HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, SAYS ONE GRADUATE It’s tough finding a proper, paid graduate job at the moment, wherever you live. But when home is a long way from the nearest big city and you don’t have a car, rural graduates say it’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 13, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
EXCLUDED OUTNUMBER THE EXPLOITED THREE TO ONE, NEW SURVEY FINDS It’s official – the number of young people who can’t afford to intern unpaid in London is far greater than the number who can. A must-read new survey – by the Unions21 Fair Work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 27, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR-DAYS-A-WEEK PLACEMENT AT LUXURY HOTEL PAYS TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY One of the world’s most exclusive luxury hotels is recruiting for a unpaid intern – offering only travel expenses and meals instead of wages. An advert has appeared on The Ritz...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 21, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
APPLICANTS INCLUDE GRADUATES, SAYS COFFEE CHAIN A new branch of Costa has been flooded with 1,701 CVs – for just eight shop-based jobs. In a startling reminder of the tough competition for jobs in 2013, the coffee chain revealed that applicants included numerous...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 31, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GOOD GRADES ARE WORTHLESS WITHOUT RELEVANT EXPERIENCE, SAY UK’S BIG GRADUATE RECRUITERS Graduates who worked hard on their studies but spent their summers doing bar work or a shop job will miss out on the best graduate jobs in 2013, analysts have said. In an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 24, 2013 | Business, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE VACANCIES AND SALARIES WILL RISE IN 2013, NEW SURVEY PREDICTS There could finally be some good news on the horizon for the UK’s job-seeking graduates – a new survey of the country’s top employers suggests that the number of vacancies will...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
PRET A MANGER WORKERS MUST APPEAR “AUTHENTICALLY HAPPY” – FOR £6.25 AN HOUR The sandwich chain Pret A Manger has been accused of making unreasonable demands on their young workers, expecting them to be all smiles at all times – despite earning...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 3, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Wages
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES SET TO TURN ON EMPLOYERS AS WORKLOADS RISE WHILE WAGES FALL Graduates lucky enough to be in work can expect 2013 to be a “hard year of slog” which will result in a “simmering distrust of bosses”, according to a new report...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 21, 2012 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, Unpaid internships, Wages
NINE IN TEN CAN’T AFFORD PRESENTS OR TRAVEL TO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS Christmas is looking bleak for unemployed young people, according to new figures, for which over 400 NEETS (16-24s not in employment, education or training – including graduates) were...
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