by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 4, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities
UNDERGRADUATES TWIG THAT THEY NEED TO GET ORGANISED The hunt for a graduate job has never been so competitive – with a record number of job applications being sent earlier than ever before, according to new research by High Fliers. The study of more than 18,000...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 15, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
AND THOSE WHO DO FIND WORK EARN 9% LESS THAN THEIR WHITE FRIENDS Black graduates are three times more likely to be unemployed than white graduates six months of finishing university, it has emerged. The worrying statistic was highlighted during this week’s BBC...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 14, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
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,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 22, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Retail, Uncategorized, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 10, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Universities, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Parents and family, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 12, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TEMPT BOSSES TOWARDS SCHOOL-LEAVERS Employers are increasingly giving graduate jobs to younger applicants who haven’t been to university, new research suggests. Bosses say that the applications they receive from graduates “are simply...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 21, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 7, 2013 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships
…AND MORE THAN A THIRD HAVEN’T EVEN USED THEIR CAREERS SERVICE Less than half of students say their university has met their expectations in helping them prepare for life after graduation – and more than a third say they haven’t even used their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 31, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG’S EVIDENCE PASSED TO OFFICIALS Tony Blair’s office could face an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs, after evidence from Graduate Fog was passed on to the officials responsible for enforcing the national minimum wage. When quizzed by the...
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