by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 13, 2013 | fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
RUPERT MURDOCH’S NEWEST INVESTMENT REPORTED OVER ADVERT FOR UNPAID ROLE Officials have been asked to investigate the style empire Vice, after an advert was posted for a “sharp and savvy” person to work as a “sales administrator – work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GIFT STORE REMOVES AD – BUT DOESN’T SAY SORRY The high street gift and clothing store JOY has removed its advert for an expenses-only internship lasting up to 12 months, after claiming was posted on their website “without sign-off from our HR...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 10, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
ADVERTS FROM VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, JONATHAN SAUNDERS, JULIEN MACDONALD AND HEIDI KLEIN HANDED TO OFFICIALS Graduate Fog’s “Shame intern Scrooges” campaign today turns on four of fashion’s biggest designers, whose creations are worn by scores of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 9, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG KICKS OFF ‘SHAME INTERN SCROOGES’ CAMPAIGN * WANT US TO KEEP YOU UPDATED? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! * Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? If not, we suggest you walk straight past JOY – the high street gift and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 28, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUZZFEED PUBLISHES SHOCKING LIST Buzzfeed has published a list of the most shocking unpaid internships ever to have been advertised or run in Great Britain – including many examples originally uncovered by Graduate Fog. The shameful collection includes examples...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 23, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
LAWYERS AND RESEARCHERS BAN US FROM PRESENTING THE BASIC FACTS Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald was dropped hours before a planned TV appearance on Friday’s BBC Breakfast – after she refused producers’ requests to tell viewers that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 17, 2013 | average graduate salary, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
*GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* REVENGE OF THE “POOR PEOPLE” AS YOUNG WORKERS CHALLENGE TOP DESIGNER A top British fashion designer has urged “poor people” to “buy less” and “be careful” when spending money on clothes –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 11, 2013 | Applications, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail
DO EMPLOYERS TAKE THE MICK OUT OF YOUNG JOBSEEKERS? A university graduate has said he was asked to dance to a Daft Punk track during a job interview at Currys, the electronics superstore, saying he felt “degraded”, “crushed” and stripped of his...
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 | Aug 1, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Wages, zero hours contracts
FLEXIBLE WORKING – OR PURE EXPLOITATION? SHARE YOUR VIEWS * UPDATE: 25 JUNE 2014 * Business secretary Vince Cable has moved to ban ‘exclusivity’ clauses in zero-hours contracts, which have tied desperate workers to one employer, even when that...
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