by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 30, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
FLIP BURGERS TO SAVE UP TO WORK UNPAID, SAYS RUTHLESS CEO OF NEW AGENCY OFFERING PAID-FOR INTERNSHIPS The founder of a new website which charges people to intern for free has claimed his company offers a useful and valuable service to young jobseekers, by charging...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 16, 2011 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
JOBLESS UNDER 25s WOULD FILL THE O2 ARENA FIVE TIMES OVER There are now 1.2 million unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds living in the UK, according to new figures published this morning by the Office of National Statistics. It is now at a 15-year high and is double the rate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
EVEN TOP UNIVERSITIES OFFER POOR ADVICE, SAY JOBLESS GRADUATES A senior figure in the world of university career advice has admitted that the industry must do more to help graduates into work, as record youth unemployment statistics were announced last week....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 17, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
MEET THE ‘STOCKHOLM SYNDROME’ INTERNS: HAPPY TO WORK FULL-TIME FOR FREE Seven former interns from the recruitment company Reed have told Graduate Fog they were definitely NOT exploited during their months working there full-time, earning around £90 a week....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 29, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG, UNEMPLOYED SINGLES WILL BE LEAST LIKELY TO GET COUNCIL HOMES Unemployed graduates could find themselves at the back of the queue for council housing, if a new scheme being trialled in London is rolled out nationwide. The central London borough of Westminster...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 7, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHORT-CHANGED GRADUATES OFFERED MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Were you over-charged for your degree? Students at a London university have become the first to be promised a refund if they fail to find work after graduation. The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 31, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCKING NEW STATS SHOW HOW FAMILIES ARE BORROWING MONEY FOR THEIR CHILD’S DEGREE – BUT IS THEIR INVESTMENT WORTHWHILE? A record number of parents are taking out loans to help their children through university, according to new statistics – and even...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 25, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Wages
FUTURE GRADUATES WILL BE “VERY ANGRY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN INDEED” A respected education expert has warned of a looming graduate “revolution” in the next few years, as hundreds of thousands of graduates discover that their degree is not worth...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 24, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW DEMANDS FOR EXPERIENCE OVER A DEGREE ARE UNFAIR AND NONSENSICAL, SAYS GRADUATE FOG First, you were told that a degree would lead to a good graduate job. Then, you were told you’d need a degree and several months of experience before you’d be considered...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 16, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
CAREERS SERVICES SIDE WITH EMPLOYERS OVER STUDENTS *Graduate Fog exclusive!* Why are university careers services doing so little to fight the problem of unpaid internships? Why do only 10% of graduates know that unpaid internships are illegal? And why are many...
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