by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 21, 2014 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Wages
SENIOR EXECS GET AN EASIER RIDE WITH INTERVIEWS, TESTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS Applying for graduate jobs? You’ll probably have to jump through more hoops than the boss of the company did to get his or her job as CEO. A new report has found that graduates go...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 4, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
FASHION BRAND OFFERS HALF THE GOING RATE FOR POSITION DESCRIBED * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * A minimum wage ‘reception internship’ advertised by a luxury fashion brand should have paid £22-28,000, according to recruitment experts. Suspicions are growing that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2014 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, disabilities and extra challenges, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, professional development, Recession and economy, science and technology, Wages
FIRMS MUST IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL CLASS MIX, NOT JUST ETHNIC AND GENDER In 2014, what does a truly diverse workforce look like? And is it even visible to the naked eye, from a company’s gallery of staff photos? In recent weeks, we’ve seen diversity hit the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 8, 2014 | Applications, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy
A BIG FIB COULD MEAN TEN YEARS IN PRISON (YIKES!) – BUT WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE WHITE LIE? Job-hunting graduates have been shocked to learn that lying on their CV could land them in prison for up to ten years. Given the shortage of positions available for young...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 2, 2014 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
A QUARTER EXPERIENCE ‘LOW EARNER ANXIETY’ Tens of thousands of graduates regularly compare their salary to that of their friends and suffer from ‘low earner anxiety’ as they find their post-university pay packet is smaller than they expected it...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 30, 2014 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
ARE YOU PLANNING TO SWITCH OR STICK? Most of today’s graduates have already changed careers at least once by the age of 24, new research has found. So if you’ve started your career and are already thinking about quitting, you’re in good company. This...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 25, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Media and journalism, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
NO UNPAID INTERNSHIPS – AND A RESPONSE TO EVERY APPLICATION GUARANTEED Graduate Fog today launches the world’s first ‘ethical’ graduate job board, in which graduate jobseekers will only see graduate jobs and employers that are worthy of your...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 3, 2014 | graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities
UK UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE 20,000 COMPLAINTS IN 12 MONTHS Students and graduates now view themselves as ‘consumers’ who can demand value for money from the institutions which expect them to pay thousands of pounds in tuition fees. New statistics have revealed...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 23, 2014 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
MIND THE GRADUATE PAY GAP! VAST RANGE IN STARTING WAGES DEPENDS ON THE INDUSTRY YOU PICK There is an enormous gap between the highest and lowest graduate starting salaries, according to new research seen by Graduate Fog. While some lucky graduates walk straight into...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 2, 2014 | Applications, Crime, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Politicians, Postgraduate study, professional development, Public services, Recession and economy, Wages
AND FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE IF YOU DON’T GET THE JOB *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* Graduates considering joining the Metropolitan Police are being put off by the high cost of a compulsory new certificate they must have before they can even apply, Graduate Fog can...
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