by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 2, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
INDUSTRY REGULATOR INSISTS THEY ARE ‘VOLUNTEERS’ — AND SHOULDN’T EXPECT PAY The independent body which regulates the charity industry has shocked Graduate Fog by announcing it has no intention of intervening in the row about unpaid internships...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
AUCTION SCANDAL WAS EMBARRASSING FOR TORIES — BUT IT WON’T HAVE CHANGED THEIR BELIEFS This month’s Tory internship auction scandal — where placements at prestigious companies were donated and bought for up to £3,000 by wealthy guests at their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
IMMIGRATION MINISTER CLAMPS DOWN ON OVERSEAS STUDENTS WHO STAY AFTER STUDIES Competition for graduate jobs in the UK could soon be reduced after a Home Office minister announced that overseas students who have been studying at British universities will be sent home...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 19, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment
WHY DINOSAUR EMPLOYERS JUST DON’T ‘GET’ YOUR SKILLS ** This is a guest post by Clare Whitmell, who blogs about CV writing and job search strategies at JobMarketSuccess.com ** It really bugs me that older people — including employers — are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 8, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
BEST COMPANIES ONLY CONSIDER GRADUATES FROM SHORT LIST OF TOP UNIS, EXPERT ADMITS Got a brilliant degree — but can’t find a decent job? That could be because your university isn’t on the ‘golden’ list of institutions that the top...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 3, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
YES, FASHION PEOPLE REALLY ARE THAT DUMB The company that publicises fashion brands Calvin Klein, Uniqlo and Sienna Miller’s label Twenty8Twelve last night admitted on national television that 20 of its 70 staff are unpaid interns. During the excellent BBC2...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 28, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
WHAT? “PAY GAP” INVESTIGATORS POST AD FOR EXPENSES-ONLY WORKER? The High Pay Commission — the independent body set up in November 2010 to investigate the reasons for the vast gap between the top-earners and lowest earners in the UK — has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 27, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
SHOCK NEW FIGURES SHOW EXTENT OF THE ‘GRADUATE PROBLEM’ Official statistics have revealed that 20% of recent graduates are unemployed. This means that the proportion of joblessness among this group has almost doubled in the last decade. And graduates seem...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 25, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Unpaid internships
WHICH IS THE BIGGER CRIME – EAVESDROPPING OUR EXPLOITATION? Graduate Fog is finding MPs’ moaning about their phones (allegedly) being tapped a little bit tough to take. Have you been following this story? For those who haven’t, News of the World...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 19, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
ONE ENLIGHTENED BOSS TELLS HER STORY **This is a guest post by Leanne Tritton, Managing Director of ING MEDIA. See? Employers’ minds CAN be changed about unpaid internships!** Apparently, ING MEDIA is a rarity in the PR and communications world because we pay...
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