by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 4, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
YEAH, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, SAYS GRADUATE FOG An American website which auctions unpaid internships for thousands of dollars – and plans to expand to the UK – has refused to answer Graduate Fog’s questions about how its business model fits with the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 3, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Wages
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL STORY CAUSES OUTRAGE AMONG GRADUATES Cash-strapped university graduates should be free to sell their kidneys in order to pay off their student debt, it has been suggested. And no, this isn’t a joke. In an article for the British Medical...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 27, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
IS IT ARROGANCE OR IGNORANCE? Yesterday, a start-up company approached Graduate Fog and suggested that I should pay THEIR intern. Why is it that small, new companies think they can behave however they like – and that the National Minimum Wage laws don’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 26, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
BRITAIN’S INTERNS ARE LEADING THE GLOBAL BATTLE FOR YOUNG WORKERS’ RIGHTS, SAYS TOP US EXPERT An international expert in the spread of the unpaid internship culture has told Graduate Fog that he is impressed with the momentum behind the campaign against...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 21, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
FOUR IN TEN FEEL THEY ARE NOT PART OF SOCIETY *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. New statistics provide a startling glimpse inside the minds of the hundreds of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAVE DAVID WILLETTS’ NEW CONTACT LENSES GIVEN HIM CLARITY AT LAST? David Willetts, the universities minister, reminded a packed conference room of professionals yesterday that anybody considering hiring interns must comply with the existing National Minimum Wage...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 18, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
…SO 96% ARE LYING THEN? “This unpaid interns nonsense is a lot of fuss about nothing.” That seems to be the view of the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), whose latest survey appears to show that nearly all graduate recruiters DO pay their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
EMBARRASSING GAPS IN ADVISORY BODY’S KNOWLEDGE REVEALED Wondering why nothing is happening to enforce the law on paying interns the wages you deserve for your work? New evidence suggests that the organisation advising the government on this issue doesn’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 7, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
ENOUGH TALK – NOW IT’S TIME FOR ACTION, SAYS GRADUATE FOG Are you frustrated that for all the talk – and press coverage – about unpaid internships, very little seems to be happening to stamp out the practice? Today, Graduate Fog is taking part...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 6, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
CHARITY INSISTS ITS ‘VOLUNTARY INTERNSHIPS’ ARE OPEN TO ALL — BUT CAN’T PROVIDE STATS TO BACK THIS UP Oxfam has told Graduate Fog that it has no intention of reviewing its policy on using unpaid interns — and insisted that its...
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