by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 7, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
ED MILIBAND VOWED TO STAMP OUT UNPAID INTERNSHIPS – SO WHY IS LEANNE TARGETT-PARKER RECRUITING FOR ONE? A Labour councillor – who is also a barrister specialising in employment law – has advertised for an intern to work unpaid in her offices in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2010 | Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
STUDENT PROTESTS REMIND US ‘PEOPLE POWER’ IS ALIVE AND WELL IN 2010 Graduates struggling to find work after university have been reminded that young people do have a (very loud) voice in this country – as an estimated 50,000 took to the streets of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
“DO 4 WEEKS OF UNPAID WORK OR LOSE BENEFITS” UNEMPLOYED TOLD Jobless graduates have been warned they could be ordered to complete a month of unpaid community work if it’s thought they could benefit from experiencing the “habits and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 28, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
AND CURRENT SYSTEM FOR REPORTING EXPLOITATIVE EMPLOYERS “WORKS WELL” A spokesperson for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has told Graduate Fog that prosecuting employers who refuse to pay their interns would not be “a good use of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 11, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities
IT IS NOT STUDENTS’ JOB TO FIX H.E. CASH CRISIS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG When did it become automatically – and solely – the responsibility of students to balance the books of our nation’s universities? Graduate Fog doesn’t usually get involved...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
STORM BREWS FOR POLITICIANS AS UNPAID PLACEMENTS WITHIN HOME OFFICE AND NHS ARE REVEALED BBC Radio 5 Live is set to expose the scandalous spread of unpaid internships from the private sector into the public sector. THIS Sunday (10th October) at 9pm, 5 Live...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 23, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Uncategorized, Universities
GRIM PROSPECTS FOR GRADUATES ARE “FANTASTIC NEWS” FOR EMPLOYERS A senior jobs expert has clashed with appalled graduates by suggesting that news that a third of call centre workers in the UK now have a degree is “fantastic.” That this figure...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 21, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
WORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS UNPAID – WITH NO EXPENSES A hawk-eyed Graduate Fogger has spotted what could be the most outrageous ad EVER for an internship ‘opportunity.’ Powerful Media – “a cutting edge media consultancy firm based in Canary...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
NEW BOOK BLAMES YEARS OF SHORT-SIGHTED POLITICS FOR THE PLIGHT OF TODAY’S YOUNG WORKERS Two young journalists have launched a blistering attack on the politicians who have failed to protect the welfare of today’s young job-seekers. In their new book Jilted...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG STONEWALLED BY ANCIENT SYSTEM THAT PUTS EMPLOYERS FIRST AND INTERNS LAST In August, I made an official complaint against the big companies that Graduate Fog knows have been advertising for unpaid interns. At least, I tried to. I’m disappointed to...
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