by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Wages
YOUNG JOBSEEKERS ARE “PLAYING HARD TO GET” WITH EMPLOYERS, REPORT CLAIMS The UK’s “picky” graduates are “playing hard to get” with employers, and many are actually turning down jobs, if new reports are to be believed. Can this...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 12, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Tuition fees, Wages
(AND NO, THEY DON’T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK WHEN THEY GRADUATE) Is it fair that students are burdened with the entire cost of their degree, when some of the world’s biggest firms also benefit – and profit – from that education? Professional...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 10, 2015 | Applications, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships
SHOCKING! PUBLISHER DEMANDS THAT YOUNG WRITERS PAY TO BE IN PRINT Would you pay to see your name in print? One of the UK’s biggest publishers of local and regional newspapers is charging £120 for wannabe journalists to have their work published in one of its...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 4, 2015 | Applications, Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, PR and marketing, professional development
WHY THE OGILVY FELLOWSHIP SCHEME WANTS TO SEE HOW YOU LOOK ON CAMERA Employers say that the written word can only tell them so much about what a candidate is really like — so a growing number of firms are experimenting with video CVs and applications as a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 28, 2015 | Applications, Arts and culture, Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY “DONATES” THREE-MONTH “RARE OPPORTUNITY” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN, RAW STORY AND THE INDEPENDENT! * An unpaid Hollywood internship at a major movie studio is being auctioned...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 22, 2015 | Applications, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities
ARE EXAMS GETTING EASIER – OR ARE STUDENTS WORKING HARDER? A record number of UK graduates are being awarded a 2:1 degree or above – but why? Are exams getting easier, is teaching getting better – or are students simply working harder? New figures...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 13, 2015 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, professional development, social mobility, Wages
JAN MORTIER LASHES OUT FOLLOWING OBSERVER STORY The boss of a London thinktank which has been charging former ‘junior associates’ £300 for a reference has defended his actions – and suggested that many UK graduates are “unemployable”...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
TIGHT-FISTED EMPLOYER INSISTS IT IS A “FAIR ADMINISTRATIVE FEE” * OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE OBSERVER! * Former interns who worked at a London thinktank have been told they must pay a £300 fee if they want a job reference from their old employer. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 27, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
LOOKING FOR A GRADUATE JOB THIS YEAR? READ THIS FIRST! If you’re looking for a well-paid, permanent graduate job in 2015, you’ll need to have your wits about you. Despite good news about falling unemployment, many graduates say they’re still finding...
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...
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