by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 25, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
NEW STATS RAISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EMPLOYERS REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE LAW ON INTERNSHIPS Are bosses who employ unpaid interns evil – or ignorant? That’s the question being asked after a fascinating new research by Monster.co.uk found that the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 23, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
LAWYERS AND RESEARCHERS BAN US FROM PRESENTING THE BASIC FACTS Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald was dropped hours before a planned TV appearance on Friday’s BBC Breakfast – after she refused producers’ requests to tell viewers that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 19, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
THEY’RE BAD – BUT MAKE SURE YOU ADVERTISE THEM WIDELY, HE SAYS David Cameron has sent out a confusing message to employers on the subject of unpaid internships – condemning the practice while insisting it’s important the positions are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 17, 2013 | average graduate salary, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
*GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* REVENGE OF THE “POOR PEOPLE” AS YOUNG WORKERS CHALLENGE TOP DESIGNER A top British fashion designer has urged “poor people” to “buy less” and “be careful” when spending money on clothes –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 12, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
CRITICS HIGHLIGHT “HUGE INEQUALITIES” BETWEEN GENERATIONS’ FINANCES AS ECONOMY PICKS UP (APPARENTLY) Politicians are celebrating as new figures show that the UK economy is recovering – but critics insist that the country’s young people...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 2, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Job boards, Unpaid internships, Wages
“WE SHOULD HAVE BACKED YOUNG JOBSEEKERS FROM THE START”, BOSS ADMITS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* Today Milkround, the leading UK job board for graduates, has made a stunning announcement that they will no longer run adverts for unpaid internships – and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 2, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
MILKROUND, TARGET JOBS AND OTHERS JOIN MONSTER AND TOTAL JOBS IN PLEDGE TO YOUNG JOBSEEKERS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* The UK’s biggest job boards have united in making a historic pledge to remove adverts for unpaid internships which appear to break the UK...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 30, 2013 | average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
AND AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARY IS £24,000 (APPARENTLY) A new survey has claimed that just 3% of people who graduated during the recession were unemployed three and a half years later – and the average graduate salary for those in work is £24,000. But struggling...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 21, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Unpaid internships, Wages
EXHAUSTED MERRILL LYNCH INTERN FOUND DEAD AGED 21 Graduate Fog was shocked and sad to hear of the death of Moritz Erhardt, a summer intern nearing the end of his seven-week placement at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. Friends have said that Moritz – who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 15, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
INTERNSHIPS ARE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JOBS – SO DON’T EXPECT WAGES A Spectator columnist has called graduates who complain about doing unpaid internships “ridiculous”, “sad-eyed” and “preposterous” – and accused them...
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