by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 13, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG CHALLENGES CHEAPSKATE MAGAZINE OVER SHAMELESS ADVERT *NEWSFLASH! TIME OUT’S EDITOR IN CHIEF INSISTS THIS INTERNSHIP IS JUST ‘WORK EXPERIENCE’ – SCROLL TO COMMENTS BELOW* The events and listings magazine Time Out has advertised for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 4, 2012 | Careers advice, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
SHOCK AS UNPAID, THREE-MONTH PLACEMENT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS ‘BEST INTERNSHIP’ PRIZE An internship lasting 12 weeks, involving real work and paying only travel and lunch expenses has been awarded the prestigious “Graduate Internship of the Year”...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 28, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GRADUATE HR ROLE OFFERS JUST £12,500 PER YEAR, WELL BELOW THE LONDON LIVING WAGE An advert has been posted for a full-time, six-month graduate HR internship at Buckingham Palace, paying just £6.41 an hour, despite it requiring candidates to have...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 23, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
TREASURY MINISTER CLAIMS ADVERTISING HIS SIX-MONTH, EXPENSES-ONLY PLACEMENT IS “PERFECTLY REASONABLE” Are these guys for real? Treasury minister David Gauke — the MP in charge of ensuring that HM Revenue and Customs clamps down on employers who...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
CAIT REILLY CASE TO BE HEARD AT ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE IN MAY The case of the graduate intern who says she was ‘forced’ to work at discount store Poundland for three weeks or face losing her benefits will be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in May....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
THREE-MONTH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY DEGREE, SAYS NEW REPORT A new report commissioned by the government has shocked students and graduates by suggesting that every university student should complete up to 12 weeks of interning as part of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 6, 2012 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Retail, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
A THIRD OF GRADUATES ARE DOING LOW-SKILLED JOBS, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS The number of recent graduates employed in low-skilled jobs — including retail assistants, cleaners, hotel porters and machine operatives — has hit a ten-year high, according to new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 1, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
EVEN ‘VOLUNTARY’ PLACEMENTS WILL BACKFIRE, SAYS GRADUATE FOG’S FOUNDER TANYA DE GRUNWALD Critics of the government’s controversial ‘workfare’ work experience programme were yesterday celebrating as the Department of Work and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 29, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
IS HOOVERING OFFICES “WORK EXPERIENCE” TOO? Concerns have been raised that job-seeking graduates may have been forced to work as unpaid cleaners as part of the government’s controversial ‘workfare’ Work Programme. The revelation comes as...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 28, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Pay Your Interns, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
SHODDY LETTER IS A POOR REWARD FOR FIVE WEEKS’ UNPAID LABOUR A young jobseeker has revealed publicly his reference from supermarket giant Asda, in which the author couldn’t even be bothered to get his gender right. Former music student Joseph Wilson had...
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