Sorry, National Trust – but WTF is a “Cider and Apple Internship”?

Sorry, National Trust – but WTF is a “Cider and Apple Internship”?

A JUICY OPPORTUNITY – OR ROTTEN TO THE CORE? The National Trust has advertised for a ‘Cider and Apple Intern’ to ‘volunteer’ for a ‘suggested time commitment’ of 24 hours a week for three months, to help co-ordinate the apple...
Are exhausted Oxfam interns really ‘volunteers’?

Are exhausted Oxfam interns really ‘volunteers’?

GRADS WORK LATE-NIGHT BAR SHIFTS TO FUND UNPAID CHARITY PLACEMENTS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Interns are coming in to work at Oxfam exhausted after working multiple jobs — including late-night bar work and weekend shifts — in order to fund their unpaid...
BBC Scotland warned over unpaid runner roles at Glasgow 2014

BBC Scotland warned over unpaid runner roles at Glasgow 2014

“CHEERFUL, CAN-DO ATTITUDE” ESSENTIAL — BUT NO WAGE OFFERED * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Has the BBC fluffed its renewed commitment to diversity already? BBC Scotland has been warned to stay within the law over multiple full-time, unpaid...
Skint but cheerful: Meet the graduates who refuse to get depressed about their debt

Skint but cheerful: Meet the graduates who refuse to get depressed about their debt

WAGES FOR UNDER-30s DROP BY 11% – BUT UPBEAT GRADS SAY “WE DON’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT” How rich (or poor) do you feel – and does it get you down? Or do you refuse to worry about it? Graduate Fog has noticed a wide range in attitudes from...
Enough! MP advertises his NINTH unpaid internship… So we report him

Enough! MP advertises his NINTH unpaid internship… So we report him

*STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN!* “CONSTITUENCY INTERN” WANTED FOR UP TO 100 DAYS OF “VOLUNTEERING” A politician who advertised nine unpaid internships has been reported to officials for investigation by HM Revenue and Customs. The...
Do you have graduate salary envy?

Do you have graduate salary envy?

A QUARTER EXPERIENCE ‘LOW EARNER ANXIETY’ Tens of thousands of graduates regularly compare their salary to that of their friends and suffer from ‘low earner anxiety’ as they find their post-university pay packet is smaller than they expected it...
Looking for the exit already? Most graduates have changed careers once by the age of 24

Looking for the exit already? Most graduates have changed careers once by the age of 24

ARE YOU PLANNING TO SWITCH OR STICK? Most of today’s graduates have already changed careers at least once by the age of 24, new research has found. So if you’ve started your career and are already thinking about quitting, you’re in good company. This...
World’s first ‘ethical’ graduate job board launches… HERE!

World’s first ‘ethical’ graduate job board launches… HERE!

NO UNPAID INTERNSHIPS – AND A RESPONSE TO EVERY APPLICATION GUARANTEED Graduate Fog today launches the world’s first ‘ethical’ graduate job board, in which graduate jobseekers will only see graduate jobs and employers that are worthy of your...
Sacked! Drug company dumps marketing firm that targeted interns for clinical trials

Sacked! Drug company dumps marketing firm that targeted interns for clinical trials

GSK ADMITS AGENCY’S CRASS APPROACH TO THIS WEBSITE WAS “UNACCEPTABLE” * OOH! STORY PICKED UP IN THE OBSERVER! * The marketing firm that asked us to publish a post urging cash-strapped graduates and unpaid interns to consider clinical trials as a...
Living with your parents or in a crummy flat share?

Living with your parents or in a crummy flat share?

HOUSING CAMPAIGNERS LAUNCH NEW RENTERS’ MANIFESTO Can’t afford to move out of your parents’ place – or sharing an overpriced, grubby, private rental shoebox? Good news – the voices of cash-strapped graduates still living with their...