by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
ONE IN 11 UNEMPLOYED SIX MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION – YET CAREERS ADVISERS BLAME MEDIA COVERAGE? A new survey has revealed that graduate unemployment is at its highest level for 17 years – with more than 21,000 still hunting for work six months after leaving...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2010 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
DEMAND FOR NEW ‘EMPLOYABILITY STATEMENTS’ TRIGGERS PANIC AT UNI CAREERS CENTRES The official body for university careers advisers has warned that proving each degree’s value to prospective students – a key recommendation of Lord Browne’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 11, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
IT IS NOT STUDENTS’ JOB TO FIX H.E. CASH CRISIS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG When did it become automatically – and solely – the responsibility of students to balance the books of our nation’s universities? Graduate Fog doesn’t usually get involved...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
STORM BREWS FOR POLITICIANS AS UNPAID PLACEMENTS WITHIN HOME OFFICE AND NHS ARE REVEALED BBC Radio 5 Live is set to expose the scandalous spread of unpaid internships from the private sector into the public sector. THIS Sunday (10th October) at 9pm, 5 Live...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 7, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities
STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK? TRY HAVING A DISABILITY TOO It has been claimed that graduate jobseekers with ‘neuro-diverse’ disabilities are not receiving enough support from universities and the government to help them into work, as competition for graduate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 5, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs
ONE IN 20 CANDIDATES FIBS IN THEIR APPLICATION, SAYS EXPERT Graduates keen to land a job should not be tempted to massage the truth when completing their application, an expert has warned. Richard Connelly from Agenda Security Services told Graduate Fog he’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 30, 2010 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
**GRADUATE FOG GUEST BLOG POST!** BY BILL BOORMAN, FOUNDER OF THE RECRUITING UNBLOG AND SOCIAL JOB SEARCH Tomorrow I’m going to the theatre to see Spamalot again (being a baby-boomer, I love all the Python stuff). The musical opens with the words...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 28, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG QUIZZES HMRC OVER SYSTEM THAT FAILS YOUNG WORKERS The people responsible for protecting interns from exploitation have failed to assure Graduate Fog that they understand the scale or complexity of the situation they are in charge of policing. In an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 23, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Uncategorized, Universities
GRIM PROSPECTS FOR GRADUATES ARE “FANTASTIC NEWS” FOR EMPLOYERS A senior jobs expert has clashed with appalled graduates by suggesting that news that a third of call centre workers in the UK now have a degree is “fantastic.” That this figure...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
NEW BOOK BLAMES YEARS OF SHORT-SIGHTED POLITICS FOR THE PLIGHT OF TODAY’S YOUNG WORKERS Two young journalists have launched a blistering attack on the politicians who have failed to protect the welfare of today’s young job-seekers. In their new book Jilted...
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