by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 3, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUT WATERSTONES PULLS OUT OF THE PROGRAMME The government has insisted that its controversial work programme that sees young jobseekers being told to do unpaid internships or risk losing their benefits is NOT promoting forced labour, the Guardian has reported. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 31, 2012 | Business, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Wages
NEW FIGURES SOUND IMPRESSIVE – BUT COME MAINLY FROM BIG CITY FIRMS Graduate pay is set to rise to £26,000 this year, according to a new survey – but how many people do you know that are earning that much money? Does your salary even come close? The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 26, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
FULL-TIME “CAMPAIGN ASSISTANT” TO BE PAID EXPENSES ONLY *Graduate Fog exclusive* Last week, London Mayor Boris Johnson attacked young jobseekers for lacking the “appetite” to find work – and blasted Cait Reilly, the graduate who is suing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 25, 2012 | Careers advice, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment
BUY THE BOOK NOW! Good news for graduates – work is under way on a new book which promises to help you to find a job after leaving university, even in a recession. How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession will be available from May 2012 exclusively via this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
APPLICANTS HAVE “SELF-INFLATED AIR OF IMPORTANCE”, CLAIMS COMPANY BOSS British graduates need to improve their work ethic if they hope to compete with their rivals from other countries, the boss of an international company has claimed. In a piece titled...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 15, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
PRESS HOUNDS GRADUATE WHOSE JOB CENTRE MADE HER WORK IN DISCOUNT STORE FOR FREE The geology graduate who is suing the government over an unpaid internship she was “forced” to do at Poundland as part of a government scheme has been savaged by the British...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 14, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
TWO-WEEK UNPAID PLACEMENT AT DISCOUNT STORE MAY HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL A graduate is suing the government over an unpaid two-week work placement at Poundland which she was told to complete by her local job centre – or face losing her Jobseeker’s Allowance...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 12, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
100 COMPANIES SIGN DEPUTY PM’s NEW PLEDGE ON FAIR ACCESS – BUT WHERE IS THE PROMISE TO END UNPAID INTERNSHIPS? Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday launched a new campaign to open up recruitment at some of Britain’s biggest companies to young...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2012 | graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
UNIVERSITY DEBT AND LOW WAGES TAKING THEIR TOLL, EXPERTS WARN Are you worried about your finances? A new report has revealed the shocking reality faced by many graduates struggling with debt. Of the 44,000 people granted fast-track insolvency since so-called...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 5, 2012 | Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
ER, NOT TO US THEY’RE NOT A Conservative MP has angered graduates keen to build careers in politics by declaring that internships within parliament are a “non-story.” The row erupted when he was challenged for advertising a six-month unpaid...
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