by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 18, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
SHOW US THE MONEY, SAY CASH-STRAPPED YOUNG WORKERS Bosses who hire graduates, take note: what your young staff really want isn’t a Christmas party or more time off. Four in ten say what they really want is… a pay rise. A festive survey of 500 students...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 16, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW ONE TINY TWEAK WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT FOR YOUNG WORKERS Good news for interns at last! Yesterday, Labour announced it is backing an important proposal which will help to ensure that all internships lasting more than four weeks are automatically paid, if the party...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 9, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
* JOB BOARD MONSTER GIVES AWAY 150 COPIES TO GRADUATES * Job board Monster is giving away 150 copies of How to Get a Graduate Job in a Recession, as an early Christmas present to the UK’s job-hunting graduates. To win your book (plus a Monster goody bag),...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
UK CAPITAL HAS ‘A BIG PROBLEM’ WITH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, FINDS DAMNING NEW REPORT More than six in 10 London internships are paid less than the minimum wage and unpaid internships are ‘a big problem’ in the capital, according to a damning new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2014 | Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
CAN’T BE BOTHERED – OR CAN’T SEE THE POINT? The UK’s under-35s could decide the result of the 2015 general election, says new research – but that’s only if they bother to vote. The list of problems facing young people seems to grow...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 13, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
MOST ARE SKINT – AND INACCURATE STEREOTYPES OBSCURE THE TRUE VILLAINS IN TODAY’S JOB MARKET: THE EMPLOYERS WHO EXPLOIT YOUNG WORKERS According to much of the mainstream press, it’s a fact that you have to be ‘rich’ (or even...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 12, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW STATS REVEAL TRUE PRICE OF ‘EXPERIENCE’ * OOH! Our founder Tanya de Grunwald’s views on this story have been quoted by BuzzFeed, the Daily Mail and Channel 4 News! * Thinking of doing a London internship? It will cost you £1,013 a month (on rent...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
1.3 MILLION PEOPLE STILL WANT MORE WORK THAN THEY CAN FIND. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Only one in every 40 new jobs created since the recession is for a full-time employee – and many workers classed as ‘self-employed’ are only just scratching a living,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 6, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
GURU’S NINE-MONTH PR JOB PAYS EXPENSES ONLY * UPDATE! Annie Ashdown has just announced she WILL pay this intern if the role goes ahead. See Comments below this post * A confidence coach and author has posted an advert for a nine-month unpaid PR internship,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
BUT GULF WIDENS BETWEEN WAGES OFFERED BY GOOD AND BAD EMPLOYERS The Living Wage has jumped to nearly £10 an hour in some parts of the UK, meaning that graduates working for ‘good’ employers are earning 41% more than those with the same skills who are...
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