by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 22, 2013 | Careers advice, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities
OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING ANNOUNCES VALUE-FOR-MONEY REVIEW Was your university degree worth £9,000 a year? The Office of Fair Trading has announced it will examine how universities in England compete for undergraduates, whether degree courses meet students’...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
DEAD GRADUATE WORKED “EXCESSIVELY” DURING PLACEMENT AT LONDON BANK The father of the banking intern who died after working for three nights in a row has said “something needs to change” to prevent a similar tragedy happening again. He called...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 7, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
MINIMUM WAGE DODGERS TO BE PUBLICLY NAMED AND SHAMED UNDER NEW RULES ACTIVATED THIS MONTH From now on, employers who fail to pay their interns the national minimum wage (NMW) will be publicly named and shamed, under revamped plans to clamp down on rogue businesses...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 3, 2013 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
UNDER-25s TO BE STRIPPED OF HOUSING BENEFIT, AS WELL AS JSA People under 25 will lose their housing benefit unless they are “earning or learning”, David Cameron has announced. That will include graduates who have invested tens of thousands of pounds on...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 1, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
OSBORNE’S ‘TOUGH LOVE’ RULES WILL END ‘SOMETHING FOR NOTHING’ CULTURE Unemployed people – including job-hunting graduates – have been warned that they will soon have to do community work including litter picking and cleaning...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 19, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
THEY’RE BAD – BUT MAKE SURE YOU ADVERTISE THEM WIDELY, HE SAYS David Cameron has sent out a confusing message to employers on the subject of unpaid internships – condemning the practice while insisting it’s important the positions are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 5, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
DESPERATE UNDER 24s ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO EXPLOITATIVE EMPLOYMENT TERMS – BUT EXPERT INSISTS CONTRACTS CAN BE ‘POSITIVE’ Young workers are most likely to be trapped by controversial zero-hours contracts, according to new evidence. The finding was...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 26, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
AVERAGE UK YOUNG PERSON JOBLESS FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THEIR 30th BIRTHDAY Now is not an easy time to be a job-seeking graduate – but new figures suggest that things are even bleaker for those who haven’t been to university. The latest figures are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
COMPANIES PROVEN TO HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE COULD BE STRIPPED OF RIGHT TO ANONYMITY Current legislation which protects companies found guilty of exploiting interns from being named publicly is being challenged by a politician who thinks they should be stripped of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 5, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
**GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE** The government’s new social mobility czar – hired by Nick Clegg – has recruited unpaid interns in the past, Graduate Fog can exclusively reveal. We know that the multimillionaire and former Dragons’ Den star James...
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