by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 29, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
NEW GRADUATES FACE FIFTY YEARS OF WORK AHEAD Students graduating this summer can expect to work until they’re at least 71 before receiving a state pension – three years longer than under current plans – following a decision to link retirement ages to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 23, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
TREASURY MINISTER CLAIMS ADVERTISING HIS SIX-MONTH, EXPENSES-ONLY PLACEMENT IS “PERFECTLY REASONABLE” Are these guys for real? Treasury minister David Gauke — the MP in charge of ensuring that HM Revenue and Customs clamps down on employers who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 21, 2012 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
DESPITE TWO DEGREES, RACHEL SAYS SHE’S ‘LOSING HER MIND’ BECAUSE SHE CAN’T FIND WORK *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
CAIT REILLY CASE TO BE HEARD AT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE IN MAY The case of the graduate intern who says she was ‘forced’ to work at discount store Poundland for three weeks or face losing her benefits will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in May....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
THREE-MONTH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY DEGREE, SAYS NEW REPORT A new report commissioned by the government has shocked students and graduates by suggesting that every university student should complete up to 12 weeks of interning as part of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 13, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Wages
HOUSING CRISIS BITES AS EVEN THOSE WITH JOBS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET An employed physiology graduate has revealed that he been sleeping rough for 12 months as it is his only hope of ever being able to afford a deposit on a house, as rent in his area is so high he...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 7, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Wages
THERE ARE JOBS OUT THERE, INSISTS CONSERVATIVE CHLOE SMITH A Conservative politician has told fellow MPs that “There are jobs out there,” suggesting that those who are unemployed – including graduates – simply aren’t trying hard enough to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 6, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
A THIRD OF GRADUATES ARE DOING LOW-SKILLED JOBS, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS The number of recent graduates employed in low-skilled jobs — including retail assistants, cleaners, hotel porters and machine operatives — has hit a ten-year high, according to new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 1, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
EVEN ‘VOLUNTARY’ PLACEMENTS WILL BACKFIRE, SAYS GRADUATE FOG’S FOUNDER TANYA DE GRUNWALD Critics of the government’s controversial ‘workfare’ work experience programme were yesterday celebrating as the Department of Work and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 29, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
IS HOOVERING OFFICES “WORK EXPERIENCE” TOO? Concerns have been raised that job-seeking graduates may have been forced to work as unpaid cleaners as part of the government’s controversial ‘workfare’ Work Programme. The revelation comes as...
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