by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 24, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW DEMANDS FOR EXPERIENCE OVER A DEGREE ARE UNFAIR AND NONSENSICAL, SAYS GRADUATE FOG First, you were told that a degree would lead to a good graduate job. Then, you were told you’d need a degree and several months of experience before you’d be considered...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 23, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
NOW’S YOUR CHANCE! The UK’s army of unpaid interns is today being urged to stand up and be counted in a new survey that could directly impact the government’s policy on this important issue. Uniquely, interns will NOT be required to name their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 22, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW CAN NUMBER-CRUNCHERS MISS NEARLY 130,000 YOUNG WORKERS? Unpaid interns are invisible, according to the statisticians whose job it is to count you. The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) has released new figures showing the whereabouts of last...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 15, 2011 | graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
2012 FRESHERS WILL BE SADDLED WITH ‘A SMALL MORTGAGE’ The NUS President has blasted the government after it was revealed that those starting university in England in 2012 can expect to graduate with debts of nearly £60,000. A new survey by the independent...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 26, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
BRITAIN’S INTERNS ARE LEADING THE GLOBAL BATTLE FOR YOUNG WORKERS’ RIGHTS, SAYS TOP US EXPERT An international expert in the spread of the unpaid internship culture has told Graduate Fog that he is impressed with the momentum behind the campaign against...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAVE DAVID WILLETTS’ NEW CONTACT LENSES GIVEN HIM CLARITY AT LAST? David Willetts, the universities minister, reminded a packed conference room of professionals yesterday that anybody considering hiring interns must comply with the existing National Minimum Wage...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
EMBARRASSING GAPS IN ADVISORY BODY’S KNOWLEDGE REVEALED Wondering why nothing is happening to enforce the law on paying interns the wages you deserve for your work? New evidence suggests that the organisation advising the government on this issue doesn’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 7, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
ENOUGH TALK – NOW IT’S TIME FOR ACTION, SAYS GRADUATE FOG Are you frustrated that for all the talk – and press coverage – about unpaid internships, very little seems to be happening to stamp out the practice? Today, Graduate Fog is taking part...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 5, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CUT RED TAPE AND TAXES FOR SMALLER EMPLOYERS, EXPERT SUGGESTS A graduate recruitment expert has suggested a possible solution to the graduate unemployment crisis. And, following last week’s news that 83 graduates are applying for every vacancy, Graduate Fog is...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 4, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians
BUT EMPLOYERS SAY FOREIGN WORKERS HAVE MORE SKILLS – AND A BETTER WORK ETHIC A row has erupted between the work and pensions secretary and Britain’s top employers over whether businesses have a responsibility to offer their jobs to young British workers...
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