by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 18, 2013 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, job hunting
10 TIPS FROM A RECRUITER WHO’S READ THOUSANDS! **Guest post by Anthea Morris, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Anthea is now the Finance Director of Better2Know, a speaker at Sheffield Hallam University on...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
BOSSES PROMOTING WAGE-FREE ROLES TO BE WARNED BY HMRC *GRADUATE FOG MENTIONED TODAY ON SKY NEWS!* Officials are to send letters to 200 employers who have recently advertised unpaid internships, as part of the government’s battle to prove to young people that it...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 7, 2013 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy
UNDER-TRAINED ADVISERS LEAVE YOUNG JOBSEEKERS “SHROUDED IN SHAME” Job centres for under-25s should be scrapped as they stigmatise and demoralise young people seeking work, and MP has said. At present, under-trained staff in the “high street holding...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEED FOR UNPAID EXPERIENCE LOCKING POORER GRADUATES OUT OF THE PROFESSION Britain’s top female judge has warned that the growth of unpaid internships is a “grim” and “very gloomy” trend that is undermining efforts to improve diversity in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘DEVIL WEARS PRADA’ INTERNS SHAME CONDE NAST INTO CLOSING ITS SCHEME A leading US publishing house is to stop its unpaid internship programme, after being sued by two former interns who claim they worked there for less than $1 an hour. Its UK office has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 24, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
“SHAMEFUL” ADVERT ASKS THEOLOGY POSTGRADS TO TEACH UNDERGRADS – FOR FREE Durham University has been labelled “shameful” in a row about how it pays its junior academics, after its theology department was caught advertising unpaid teaching...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 22, 2013 | Careers advice, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities
OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING ANNOUNCES VALUE-FOR-MONEY REVIEW Was your university degree worth £9,000 a year? The Office of Fair Trading has announced it will examine how universities in England compete for undergraduates, whether degree courses meet students’...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 17, 2013 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting
DEBATE: ARE RUDE RECRUITERS TRASHING THEIR COMPANY’S REPUTATION? If you apply for a job at a well-known company and they never reply, does it make you think less of that brand? If you travel miles to an assessment day (paying your own travel expenses) –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 10, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
MEDIA INTERN DROPS CLAIM WHEN TOLD SHE ISN’T AN “EMPLOYEE” An unpaid intern has been told she cannot bring a sexual harassment claim against her former supervisor, as she is not considered an employee. Although the case happened in the United States,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
DEAD GRADUATE WORKED “EXCESSIVELY” DURING PLACEMENT AT LONDON BANK The father of the banking intern who died after working for three nights in a row has said “something needs to change” to prevent a similar tragedy happening again. He called...
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