by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 17, 2014 | Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, workfare
120,000 FAKE OR DUPLICATE POSITIONS REMOVED FROM UNIVERSAL JOBSMATCH In the last 18 months, tens of thousands of jobseekers – including graduates – have been told they must sign up to Universal Jobsmatch to find work, or risk losing their benefits. But now...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 5, 2014 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Retail
SIMPLE ADMIN TASKS ARE A MAJOR HURDLE, SAYS NEW SURVEY A third of young jobseekers say the biggest barrier to finding a better job is simply getting round to updating their CV. New figures by Monster.co.uk found that this seemingly straightforward admin task is...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 18, 2014 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Wages
WOULD A DIFFERENT DEGREE HAVE BOOSTED YOUR PROSPECTS? A new survey by Totaljobs.com has found that more than four in ten graduates wish they’d studied a different subject at university. Almost half (44%) of those questioned said they wish they’d picked a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 17, 2014 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
IT WON’T BE THE BIGGEST, BUT COULD IT BE THE BEST? You love this website – and you need a job. So does it make sense to add a job board to Graduate Fog? Until now, we have not had much in the way of a jobs board. Visit our Jobs page and you’ll find a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 14, 2014 | CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy
AND RECORD NUMBERS SEARCHED ONLINE BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Haven’t started your 2014 job hunt yet? You’d better get cracking – as you’re already behind the competition. New figures show that record numbers of jobseekers logged on to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 9, 2014 | Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Job boards, job hunting
11 NO-NONSENSE TIPS YOU NEED TO READ NOW Struggling to regain your focus after the Christmas break? Know you need to get going, but can’t work out how? Or have you started — and run out of steam already? Whether you’re at home all day, every day or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 12, 2013 | Applications, average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
TREASURY OFFICIAL REPORTED TO HIS OWN DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION * STORY PICKED UP BY GUIDO FAWKES! * A Conservative MP who is also a senior figure at the Treasury has been reported to his own officials at HM Revenue and Customs over a mysterious six-month...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GIFT STORE REMOVES AD – BUT DOESN’T SAY SORRY The high street gift and clothing store JOY has removed its advert for an expenses-only internship lasting up to 12 months, after claiming was posted on their website “without sign-off from our HR...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 22, 2013 | CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Law, Media and journalism, Parents and family, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUNDER TANYA DE GRUNWALD ON HOW INTERNS FOUND THEIR VOICE Graduate Fog founder Tanya de Grunwald has blasted employers who continue to hire interns and pay them less than the minimum wage, in an article she was commissioned to write for the Guardian. She praised the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 17, 2013 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting
DEBATE: ARE RUDE RECRUITERS TRASHING THEIR COMPANY’S REPUTATION? If you apply for a job at a well-known company and they never reply, does it make you think less of that brand? If you travel miles to an assessment day (paying your own travel expenses) –...
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