by Tanya de Grunwald | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS ADVICE WEBSITE’ LEFT SILENT AND ISOLATED AS GRADUATES AND CAREERS COMMUNITY QUEUE UP TO STICK THE KNIFE IN Prospects has failed to find a single supporter of its decision to remove my link to Graduate Fog from its...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
THEIR BIZARRE FORUM RULES STOP ‘DEPRESSED’ JOB-SEEKER FROM FINDING THIS WEBSITE Okay, so I’m just going to tell you what happened – because if I slag off Prospects too much they can sue me! Last week, I spotted a plea on their forum, entitled...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT AND ARBITRARY DEGREE GRADING CAN EXCLUDE BEST CANDIDATES, CLAIM GRADUATES A new survey reveals that 58% of students and graduates want employers to stop using a 2:1 as a minimum requirement for graduate jobs. The Milkround.com poll – of more...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
SENIOR HACK HINTS JOURNALISM WOULD COLLAPSE WITHOUT YOUNG, FREE LABOUR Graduates working unpaid in media shouldn’t hope for an end to unpaid internships any time soon – a senior newspaper journalist has announced that they are now “a fact of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
GRADUATE FOG FEARS UNPAID INTERN ‘CANCER’ HAS SPREAD TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR It’s not often that Graduate Fog is lost for words. But that’s what happened when I saw this story in Friday’s Evening Standard (and again when I spotted...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
EXPERT WARNS EMPLOYERS: ‘BLANKING FAILED APPLICANTS IS REDUCING YOUR PROFITS’ Companies who claim they only have time to reply to successful candidates are risking the reputation of their brand, an industry expert has claimed. Will Shepherd, Managing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
‘BLAME RECESSION AND STUDENT APATHY – NOT US,’ OXFORD BROOKES’ MAN TELLS GRADUATE FOG University careers advisers are “doing a good job under trying circumstances,” according to Dr Dan Ferrett at the Oxford Brookes University...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
GRADUATE FOG IN THE GUARDIAN AGAIN – THAT’S TWICE IN A MONTH! Graduate Fog is chuffed to bits! This website has been live for just SIX WEEKS and already we’ve had our SECOND mention from the Guardian! A couple of weeks ago, the editor of the Work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
EVEN “UK’S OFFICIAL GRADUATE CAREERS WEBSITE” ADMITS BLANKING ALL BUT SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS We all know it happens. You spend hours slaving over their detailed application form – and never hear a peep back from the recruiter. Not a rejection...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
NOW WILL POLITICIANS TAKE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT SERIOUSLY? *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always a tragic waste and it’s never the solution to...
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