by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 5, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
“A FORMAT THAT TAKES HOPEFUL INNOCENTS AND MOCKS THEM FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT” Did you watch ‘The Intern’ last night? If you missed it, here’s what the critics said… John Crace, The Guardian “The Intern is basically the...
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 20, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
LAWYERS BLAST POLITICIANS’ SNEAKY “RETROACTIVE” LAW TO AVOID MASS PAY-OUTS The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is trying to rush a ‘retroactive’ law through parliament so the government can avoid paying £130m in benefit rebates to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
TAILOR YOUR LOOK TO YOUR INDUSTRY, SAYS FASHION BLOGGER Let’s be honest — interviews are all about judgement. Just as you’re sizing up an employer, they’re scoping you out too. And as much as we wish to be judged on our talent, intelligence...
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 | Mar 12, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TEMPT BOSSES TOWARDS SCHOOL-LEAVERS Employers are increasingly giving graduate jobs to younger applicants who haven’t been to university, new research suggests. Bosses say that the applications they receive from graduates “are simply...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 1, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
UNPAID ROLE APPEARED IN EMAIL ALERT FROM THIRD-PARTY JOB BOARD IN JANUARY *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* A graduate has told Graduate Fog that she saw the Ritz’s advert for an unpaid HR intern back in January, advertised through a third-party job board called...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 28, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
POSITION WAS NEVER RECRUITED FOR, INSISTS LUXURY HOTEL The Ritz London has claimed that an advert for an unpaid HR intern which appeared on its own website was “erroneously posted in draft format in our online recruitment system and is not a role that was...
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...
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