by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 31, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Food, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 29, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 23, 2014 | Arts and culture, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, leisure and hospitality, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships, Wages
“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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 17, 2014 | Arts and culture, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 5, 2014 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
*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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 2, 2014 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 30, 2014 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 25, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Media and journalism, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Recession and economy, science and technology, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 19, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
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...
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