by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 22, 2016 | Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Recession and economy
NEW YOUTH MINISTER MUST BE APPOINTED, CHARITY URGES Earning crummy wages? Still living with your parents? Worried about the future? The UK’s young people are experiencing a massive confidence crisis and “suspended adulthood” according to a new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2016 | Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Money, Public services, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘VOLUNTEER’ ROLES REPLACE SKILLED JOBS THAT ONCE PAID £19,000 NHS trusts around the UK are asking people to work for nothing – and dozens of adverts for unpaid positions have been discovered for roles that normally come with salaries of over £19,000....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
IS SHOCK EU REFERENDUM RESULT GOOD OR BAD NEWS FOR YOUNG WORKERS? In case you missed it (!), the British public has just voted to leave the European Union (EU). On Friday it was announced that 52% of those who voted wished to leave (‘Brexit’), while only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
BECAUSE VIOLENCE DOESN’T SOLVE ANYTHING If one thing makes us mad, it’s unpaid internships. In fact, this website made its name by naming and shaming the big firms and famous people who exploit graduates who are so desperate for experience they’ll...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 19, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Politicians, Wages
ADVERTS REMOVED AND ‘RE-EVALUATED’ AFTER WE QUESTION THEIR LEGALITY *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* * OOH! THIS STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY BUZZFEED, THE TAB AND THE INDEPENDENT * Oh dear – the government’s new National Living Wage is so confusing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 15, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment
SHOCK REPORT SHOWS BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC GRADUATES 2.5x MORE LIKELY TO BE JOBLESS Black, Asian and minority ethnic graduates are two and a half times more likely to be jobless than their white friends, shocking new research reveals. Is the ugly truth...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 1, 2016 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Recession and economy, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2016 | Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT YOU WISH YOU’D KNOWN SOONER? What advice can graduates with jobs give to those who are still hunting? One of the great strengths of Graduate Fog is you lot – our community. Every day, in the comments below our posts, we hear from...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 9, 2016 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
TIRED OF THE CV ‘TUMBLEWEED’ MOMENT? TELL US ABOUT IT Most graduates have experienced the ‘CV black hole’ and ‘tumbleweed moment’ – when you spend hours on a job application and then never hear back. But which employer is the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 1, 2016 | CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Parents and family, Recession and economy, social mobility, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCKING NEW REPORT REVEALS “MASSIVE PAY GAP” BETWEEN WHITE GRADUATES AND THEIR ETHNIC MINORITY FRIENDS Yes, this is the UK – and yes, this is 2016. Yet shocking new research has revealed a “massive pay gap” between the UK’s white...
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