by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 21, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Money, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
PARTY’S ACTIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PROMISES, SAYS GRADUATE FOG A Labour MP has been found to be paying his interns just £4 a day, apparently conflicting with a pledge made last week by Ed Miliband to tackle the problems of low pay and unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 20, 2015 | General election and voting, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility
DON’T FORGET – TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY TO REGISTER! Just a reminder that today (Monday 20th April) is the last day you can register to vote in the general election on May 7th. Graduate Fog is encouraging all our readers to register to vote (and to actually...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 17, 2015 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOUNG WORKERS FINALLY RECOGNISED – WILL OTHER PARTIES FOLLOW SUIT? Ed Miliband has promised that all internships lasting more than a month will be paid if the Labour Party is elected in May. This will end the ‘scandal’ of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2015 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, London, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages, zero hours contracts
NEW RATE IS “NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH” SAY CRITICS Good news for graduates doing low-paid internships, shop jobs and bar work: the national minimum wage is set to rise in October 2015. The bad news? The new rate is just 20p per hour more than the current rate....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 19, 2015 | CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships
ADVERTS FOR DOZENS OF WAGE-FREE ROLES APPEAR ONLINE, AIMED SQUARELY AT YOUNG APPLICANTS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * * OOH! THIS STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY POLITICS BLOG GUIDO FAWKES Politicians are being warned not to use the general election to take advantage of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 5, 2015 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Politicians, social mobility, Tuition fees, Wages
CUT OUT CAPPUCCINOS TO PAY OFF YOUR LOAN, SAYS POLITICIAN – BUT DOES HIS MATHS ADD UP? A government minister who implied that graduates could pay off their debt easily by simply cutting out cappuccinos has been slammed for minimising the true scale of...
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 16, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW ONE TINY TWEAK WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT FOR YOUNG WORKERS Good news for interns at last! Yesterday, Labour announced it is backing an important proposal which will help to ensure that all internships lasting more than four weeks are automatically paid, if the party...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
UK CAPITAL HAS ‘A BIG PROBLEM’ WITH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, FINDS DAMNING NEW REPORT More than six in 10 London internships are paid less than the minimum wage and unpaid internships are ‘a big problem’ in the capital, according to a damning new...
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