by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2016 | Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Money, Public services, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘VOLUNTEER’ ROLES REPLACE SKILLED JOBS THAT ONCE PAID £19,000 NHS trusts around the UK are asking people to work for nothing – and dozens of adverts for unpaid positions have been discovered for roles that normally come with salaries of over £19,000....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 6, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Media and journalism, Money, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
MYSTERY DELAYS AND SLOPPY SERVICE SUGGEST EXPLOITATION OF YOUNG WORKERS IS NOT A PRIORITY Interns are being forced to wait more than a year before officials even START investigating their cases against former employers, Graduate Fog has learned. Despite public...
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 | May 8, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Music, Public services, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
VICTORY FOR INTERNS AS PAID PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED INSTEAD One of the UK’s best known professional orchestras has dropped its unpaid internship scheme following complaints from interns’ rights campaigners. Critics of the London Symphony Orchestra’s...
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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