by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
NEW SYSTEM MEANS SOME WILL PAY BACK TWICE WHAT THEY BORROWED New figures have revealed the shocking reality of graduate debt. Students starting their degree in 2012 could find themselves paying back up to £83,000 over their lifetime – that’s nearly twice...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 14, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
BITCHY ‘STYLE’ EDITORS ADMIT TO POKING FUN AT ‘ENTITLED WORKIES’ The Sunday Times has shocked Graduate Fog by publishing a feature presenting young jobseekers as hilariously entitled and lazy. The piece includes an admission that senior editors...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 11, 2011 | Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
LONDON NEWSPAPER THE EVENING STANDARD KICKS YOUNG JOBLESS WHEN THEY’RE DOWN The London Evening Standard has shocked Graduate Fog by publishing an article which implies that youth unemployment is the fault of young people, not the government (which many of you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 2, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
INDUSTRY REGULATOR INSISTS THEY ARE ‘VOLUNTEERS’ — AND SHOULDN’T EXPECT PAY The independent body which regulates the charity industry has shocked Graduate Fog by announcing it has no intention of intervening in the row about unpaid internships...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
AUCTION SCANDAL WAS EMBARRASSING FOR TORIES — BUT IT WON’T HAVE CHANGED THEIR BELIEFS This month’s Tory internship auction scandal — where placements at prestigious companies were donated and bought for up to £3,000 by wealthy guests at their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
IMMIGRATION MINISTER CLAMPS DOWN ON OVERSEAS STUDENTS WHO STAY AFTER STUDIES Competition for graduate jobs in the UK could soon be reduced after a Home Office minister announced that overseas students who have been studying at British universities will be sent home...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 19, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
WHY DINOSAUR EMPLOYERS JUST DON’T ‘GET’ YOUR SKILLS ** This is a guest post by Clare Whitmell, who blogs about CV writing and job search strategies at JobMarketSuccess.com ** It really bugs me that older people — including employers — are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 8, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
BEST COMPANIES ONLY CONSIDER GRADUATES FROM SHORT LIST OF TOP UNIS, EXPERT ADMITS Got a brilliant degree — but can’t find a decent job? That could be because your university isn’t on the ‘golden’ list of institutions that the top...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 3, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
YES, FASHION PEOPLE REALLY ARE THAT DUMB The company that publicises fashion brands Calvin Klein, Uniqlo and Sienna Miller’s label Twenty8Twelve last night admitted on national television that 20 of its 70 staff are unpaid interns. During the excellent BBC2...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 2, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Universities, Unpaid internships
VANESSA FELTZ’S DAUGHTER DONATES WEEK PLACEMENT ON HER MUM’S RADIO SHOW The BBC has launched an investigation into the abuse of work experience opportunities by senior employees — and told staff that placements should be given on merit, not sold at...
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