Can’t afford to intern unpaid? Just pick up the phone and complain!

Can’t afford to intern unpaid? Just pick up the phone and complain!

POORER GRADUATES CAN NOW REPORT ADVERTS FOR UNPAID INTERNSHIPS AS GOVERNMENT FINALLY VOWS TO BACK YOUNG WORKERS Graduates who spot adverts for unpaid internships which appear to involve real work but pay less than the minimum wage can now report them to officials,...
BBC3 seeks job-hunting grads for new documentary

BBC3 seeks job-hunting grads for new documentary

BRIGHT AND ARTICULATE? WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY? The BBC is looking for job-seeking graduates to take part in a new documentary about the graduate jobs crisis. The producers have assured Graduate Fog that the programme – which will air on BBC3 – will not...
Pulling pints or waiting tables? Quit your stop-gap job NOW, graduates warned

Pulling pints or waiting tables? Quit your stop-gap job NOW, graduates warned

ONE IN FOUR WHO TAKE NON-GRADUATE JOBS ARE STILL THERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS LATER Graduates who take ‘stop-gap’ jobs after finishing university because they can’t find a graduate role are being urged to move on quickly. New research shows that one...
“Don’t live in a big city? Good luck getting a graduate job”

“Don’t live in a big city? Good luck getting a graduate job”

YOUNG, RURAL JOBSEEKERS HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, SAYS ONE GRADUATE It’s tough finding a proper, paid graduate job at the moment, wherever you live. But when home is a long way from the nearest big city and you don’t have a car, rural graduates say it’s...
Costa swamped by 1,701 CVs… for just EIGHT jobs

Costa swamped by 1,701 CVs… for just EIGHT jobs

APPLICANTS INCLUDE GRADUATES, SAYS COFFEE CHAIN A new branch of Costa has been flooded with 1,701 CVs – for just eight shop-based jobs. In a startling reminder of the tough competition for jobs in 2013, the coffee chain revealed that applicants included numerous...