by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
LATEST CUTS SHOW “YOUNG PEOPLE NOT A PRIORITY FOR THIS GOVERNMENT” EXPERTS WARN The government has been accused of turning its back on your generation in a time of economic hardship – as it was announced yesterday that THREE employment schemes...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
THIS WEBSITE WILL NOT WORK WITH COMPANIES WHO ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM Today, Graduate Fog announces that this site is no longer a member of the Internships Alliance. Although it’s still my opinion that the next move forward for the unpaid interns’ debate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
TEFL COURSE PROVIDER REPORTS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ BOOM IN APPLICATIONS Record numbers of graduates are considering jetting out of the UK this summer to avoid the tough graduate jobs market, new figures suggest. TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
CARELESS ‘BAD NEWS’ EMAIL INSULTING TO APPLICANTS, SAYS GRADUATE FOG More than 500 candidates who applied for the 2010/11 Home Office graduate intern scheme have been told the programme has been cancelled. Graduate Fog has learned that there were only 15...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
NEW FUND ANNOUNCED TO PAY PARLIAMENTARY INTERNS THE MINIMUM WAGE – BUT IS THE NEWS AS GOOD AS IT SEEMS? Graduate Fog’s good friends at Intern Aware have passed on some encouraging news that could impact ALL interns, not just those working in politics....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
PATRONISING PRESS COVERAGE UNDERMINES THIS SERIOUS ISSUE, SAYS GRADUATE FOG The BBC has joined the Telegraph and Observer in treating the unpaid internships story with contempt, in my opinion. Unpaid internships grabbed the headlines again this weekend as the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
NEW SURVEY SHOWS THIS YEAR’S FINALISTS ARE THE LEAST PREPARED EVER This year’s university leavers are the least prepared for life after graduation ever, new statistics from High Fliers Research reveal. Overall, 14% of finalists have yet to decide whether...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS WEBSITE’ NO LONGER MEETS STRICT GUIDELINES AND COULD BE STRIPPED OF WEB ADDRESS IN TWO WEEKS, THIS WEBSITE LEARNS Graduate Fog has launched an official challenge over Prospects’ right to use its prestigious ac.uk...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
BUT CEO ADMITS ‘MYRIAD SUBTLETIES ABOUT OUR ROLE, WHO WE PARTNER WITH AND AT WHAT LEVEL’ – AND FAILS TO EXPLAIN WHY MY LINK WAS DELETED FROM THEIR FORUM The wait is over. Prospects has at last made a statement to clarify its claim to be ‘The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOTTINGHAM GRADUATE BLASTS POLITICIANS FOR MISLEADING – AND NOW ABANDONING – HER GENERATION Politicians are all talk and no action when it comes to the looming crisis of graduate unemployment, a recent graduate has claimed. Despite the government’s...
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