by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 1, 2015 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Law, professional development, Recession and economy, resigning and references
HAS CHANGE TO LAW GIVEN EMPLOYERS TOO MUCH POWER? Recent graduates are among the first casualties of a change in law that has made it too easy for bosses to sack their workers without good reason, effectively making them “disposable” and “vulnerable...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 19, 2015 | Arts and culture, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, London, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOULD LENNY HENRY’S CALL FOR ‘SYSTEMIC CHANGE’ INCLUDE SCRAPPING TV’S TOXIC INTERN CULTURE? Veteran comic Lenny Henry has repeated demands for Britain’s TV channels and production companies to do more to open up the industry to talented...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 13, 2015 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, job hunting
“BE YOURSELF — AND BACK UP YOUR ANSWERS WITH EVIDENCE”, SAYS TOP EMPLOYER The Grant Thornton graduate programme regularly wins awards for being one of the most forward-thinking graduate schemes around – and the professional services firm is...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Money, Politicians, Unpaid internships
VICE NEWS REPORTER TOLD TO DELETE PICTURES A peaceful protest against unpaid UN internships was met with a heavy-handed response from the organisation’s security team – with a journalist being told to delete photographs of the encounter, according to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 10, 2015 | Confidence and self-esteem, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, professional development, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
AND CLAIMS YOU CAN LIVE ON EXPENSES IN LONDON * ANOTHER GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * A former London Zoo intern has defended its controversial unpaid internships, saying the backlash against her former employer is unfair as she gained “invaluable experience and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2015 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, professional development, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
SIX-MONTH ROLE IN LONDON PAYS JUST £5 PER DAY FOR LUNCH * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * >> Ooh! This story has picked up by London’s Evening Standard, the Guardian and the Independent A six-month, unpaid London Zoo internship has angered science graduates...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 3, 2015 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, social mobility, Wages, zero hours contracts
NEW NATIONAL LIVING WAGE WILL TEMPT FIRMS TO REPLACE STAFF WITH ROBOTS, SAYS CBI BOSS Graduates stuck in ‘stop gap’ jobs should get out of them as soon as they can, according to an industry expert who fears low-paid jobs could soon be replaced by machines...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 28, 2015 | graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Money, Recession and economy, student loan, Wages
WORRIED ABOUT YOUR STUDENT DEBT? YOU SHOULD BE, SAYS UK’S TOP FINANCE JOURNALIST Worried about your graduate debt? Then you need to know that the government may be about to make it much worse. And yes, the changes will affect those who have already graduated,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 22, 2015 | Applications, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, disabilities and extra challenges, Disorders, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development
PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS – AND TAKE YOUR TIME, SAYS EXPERT Graduate job-hunting can feel especially daunting if you have dyspraxia (also known as developmental co-ordination disorder, or DCD). Being clumsy, forgetful and having a less-than-brilliant sense of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 20, 2015 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, leisure and hospitality, professional development
LEON FOUNDER MUCKS IN WITH THE “CRAP JOBS” AT HIS OWN RESTAURANTS More bosses should do the “crap jobs” at the organisations they run to show staff they’re prepared to muck in, says the CEO and co-founder of healthy fast food chain Leon...
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