by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 28, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
WE KNEW IT! MOST GRADUATES EARN UNDER £20,000, NOT NEARLY £30,000 The real average graduate salary is nearly £10,000 a year less than previous figures have suggested, new figures reveal. Despite claims from the Association of Graduate Recruiters earlier this year that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Wages
RAW DEAL FOR GRADUATES DOING SHOP WORK AND WAITING TABLES Thousands of graduates are complaining they are being ripped off by so-called ‘zero-hours’ contracts, where employers expect them to be available for shifts – but have no obligation to give...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 18, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Parents and family, Wages
YET YOUTH JOBLESSNESS REMAINS ABOVE ONE IN FIVE – WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? The latest unemployment figures show that the number of over 65s in work has risen by 52,000 to reach 929,000, the highest number since records began in 1992. Yet in the same...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 4, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW SURVEY SHOCKS VAST MAJORITY OF LOW-EARNING GRADUATES A new survey has shown that the average graduate salary is now £29,000 – leading Graduate Fog to ask where on earth the researchers found these high-rolling young people they polled. Most of the graduates...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 25, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
EVEN THE BBC FAVOURS WEALTHIER APPLICANTS, SAYS ASPIRING JOURNALIST BEN Last month’s social mobility report found that journalism is now one of the most “socially exclusive” professions around — accessible only to those who can afford to work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 22, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOP JOB AT LUXURY FASHION LABEL IS A “LEARNING OPPORTUNITY” FOR OUR STUDENTS, INSISTS UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS The university currently advertising a controversial unpaid “intern sales assistant” position at luxury fashion label Balenciaga...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
“LEARN HOW TO REPLENISH STOCK” FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES ONLY The super-luxe fashion label Balanciaga – a favourite of Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss – has advertised for a “intern sales assistant” to work on the shop floor of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 11, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
90% OF BUSINESSES TO FREEZE STARTING SALARIES THIS YEAR The Class of 2012 will earn 2% less in real terms than those who left university a year ahead of them, as graduate salaries are expected to fall to the lowest level since 2003 this summer, new research has found....
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 2, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUR IN TEN HAVE APPLIED FOR OVER 100 JOBS AND A THIRD ARE CLAIMING THE DOLE More than a third of UK graduates have been forced to claim Jobseekers Allowance, two fifths have applied for over 100 jobs and a quarter have not been offered any interviews at all. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 25, 2012 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
*AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT BY GRADUATE FOG* The three leading candidates in the race to become the new Mayor of London on 3rd May claim to view youth unemployment as a priority — but how many have been relying on unpaid interns to promote their campaign for office in...
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