by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
FIRST PHILIP GREEN, NOW SIMON COWELL – ANOTHER TYCOON FORCED TO PAY HIS INTERNS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Last week it was Sir Philip Green – this week Simon Cowell has become the latest tycoon forced to pay his young workers. Between four and 10 interns...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 23, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
JOIN ‘JUSTICE FOR INTERNS’, OUR NEW CAMPAIGN Have you interned for a well-known brand, celebrity or a high-profile MP? Then we want to hear from you! Graduate Fog and Intern Aware today launch Justice for Interns. This historic campaign will see the big...
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 17, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOU’RE NOT ALONE – 1.4 MILLION SUFFER IN “PART-TIME, LOW-PAY BRITAIN” Concerns have been raised that yesterday’s apparent good news about UK unemployment is in fact masking a crisis that has seen over a million people forced to take...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 25, 2012 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
IS YOUR LOW-PAID JOB SHRINKING YOUR PARENTS’ PENSION POT? The average parents of today’s young adults are shelling out £15,490 per ‘child’, as their offspring continue to need financial help well into their twenties. One in three parents admits...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 23, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
SPOKESPERSON ADMITS MAG MUST “MEET CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ON PAY” *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Journalism interns can claim a victory at last – Time Out magazine has announced a review of its policy on using unpaid interns, after Graduate Fog brought the...
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