Can’t afford to intern unpaid? How to compete with graduates who can

Can’t afford to intern unpaid? How to compete with graduates who can

YES, YOU CAN GET A GRADUATE JOB WITHOUT WORKING FOR FREE FIRST Despairing because you can’t afford to work for free? Convinced that the best graduate jobs always go to graduates who can afford to do months of unpaid internships? Stop! There IS a way you can...
Graduates are too willing to work for free (says boss who hired unpaid interns herself)

Graduates are too willing to work for free (says boss who hired unpaid interns herself)

YOUNG WORKERS SHOULD SIMPLY ‘REJECT’ UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Graduates are too willing to work for free and should simply “reject” unpaid internships, a PR agency boss has said. She also implied that graduates who don’t “value their...
Businesses will suffer if graduates can’t afford to live in London, say bosses

Businesses will suffer if graduates can’t afford to live in London, say bosses

RIP-OFF RENT IS NOW A HEADACHE FOR EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS YOUNG WORKERS Some of London’s big-name employers have added their voices to growing concerns that young people are being priced out of the capital, as rents become increasingly unaffordable for workers on...
Tell us again… WHY don’t under-25s get the new national living wage?

Tell us again… WHY don’t under-25s get the new national living wage?

YOU CAN VOTE AND JOIN THE ARMY – BUT YOU DON’T DESERVE ‘GROWN UP’ WAGES UNTIL YOUR 25TH BIRTHDAY. WHAT’S THAT ABOUT? Around 1.3 million workers will enjoy a historic pay boost from today, as the government’s new National Living Wage...