by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
ACCOUNTANCY FIRM “PROUD” TO BACK OUR WEBSITE Great news! Graduate Fog is excited to announce our first official sponsor: professional services firm Grant Thornton. Here, Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald and Grant Thornton’s Resourcing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
ONLY 1 IN 8 WOULD CONSIDER A ROLE INVOLVING SELLING Thousands of graduates are missing out on well-paid jobs with great training and prospects because of old fashioned ideas about what it means to work in ‘sales’. A new survey has found that only one in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
YOUR CHANCE TO THANK THE ‘GOOD’ EMPLOYERS OUT THERE (YES, THEY DO EXIST) Yes, we know there are still too many employers who run bad internships – but what about those who run GOOD ones? Do they exist – and, if so, what exactly makes a great...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
UNDER 25s TWICE AS LIKELY TO ACCEPT PRECARIOUS WORK Almost half of young jobseekers say they would accept a zero-hours contract if they were offered one, according to new research. The latest figures from Glassdoor show that young jobseekers are more likely than any...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
OVER HALF OF UK GRADUATES STUCK IN NON-GRADUATE JOBS – YET GREEDY UNIVERSITIES CONTINUE TO BOOST STUDENT INTAKE Britain is failing to create enough high-skilled jobs for its growing population of university graduates – and could be heading for a new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
UN ‘TENT INTERN’ QUITS HAVING ASSURED BOSSES HE COULD SUPPORT HIMSELF *LOOK! OUR STORY NOW PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN* A graduate who was forced to live in a tent during his unpaid internship at the United Nations has sensationally resigned from...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
BRAVERY OR MADNESS? GRADUATE GOES PUBLIC – DESPITE STILL WORKING THERE *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* NEWSFLASH! 3PM 12 AUGUST 2015: ‘TENT INTERN’ DAVID HYDE HAS SENSATIONALLY RESIGNED FROM HIS INTERNSHIP, BLAMING HIMSELF FOR HIS PREDICAMENT BECAUSE WHEN...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
FOUND A JOB AFTER WORKING FOR FREE? DO YOUR BIT AND BLOW THE WHISTLE Being an unpaid intern sucks. But if you make it through the placement (or several) and finally land a proper, paid job with a different organisation, do you have a duty to report your unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
SWEDISH HOMES GIANT IS FIRST BIG SHOP TO PAY A WAGE WORKERS CAN ACTUALLY LIVE ON Ikea has shamed hundreds of its fellow UK retailers by signing up to the Living Wage campaign, in a “breakthrough” move that will see its staff (including many graduates)...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
A QUARTER OF GRADUATE EMPLOYERS UNIMPRESSED BY YOUR WORK ETHIC – BUT IS CRITICISM FAIR? Are you looking for a graduate job? Graduate employers have challenged young jobseekers’ assumptions by insisting that their attitude towards work is far more important...
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