by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
EMBARRASSING GAPS IN ADVISORY BODY’S KNOWLEDGE REVEALED Wondering why nothing is happening to enforce the law on paying interns the wages you deserve for your work? New evidence suggests that the organisation advising the government on this issue doesn’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 7, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
ENOUGH TALK – NOW IT’S TIME FOR ACTION, SAYS GRADUATE FOG Are you frustrated that for all the talk – and press coverage – about unpaid internships, very little seems to be happening to stamp out the practice? Today, Graduate Fog is taking part...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 5, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CUT RED TAPE AND TAXES FOR SMALLER EMPLOYERS, EXPERT SUGGESTS A graduate recruitment expert has suggested a possible solution to the graduate unemployment crisis. And, following last week’s news that 83 graduates are applying for every vacancy, Graduate Fog is...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 29, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG ON THE LYN BROWN SCANDAL – LIVING WAGE CAMPAIGNER RECRUITS UNPAID INTERN An MP who has supported the call for all workers to earn the ‘living wage’ (£8.30 an hour in London, £7.20 outside the capital) has been found advertising for an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUT INDUSTRY EXPERTS CLAIM THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT! A new survey has revealed that there are now 83 applicants for every graduate job – but industry experts have stunned Graduate Fog by insisting the new figures are not cause for concern, with one...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 27, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
WANT TO ‘VOLUNTEER’ FULL-TIME UNTIL MAY 2012? A private company claiming to campaign for social justice has angered young workers by advertising for an unpaid intern. The successful applicant will work until May 2012 for no salary. The Centre for Social...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 24, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
WAIT – DIDN’T HE LIKE INVENT THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE LAW? Tony Blair – whose own government introduced the National Minimum Wage in 1998 – is at the centre of a new row about the use of unpaid interns within charities and non-profit...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CHANGE TO THE LAW WILL CREATE JOBS, CLAIMS CONSERVATIVE MP A Conservative MP has suggested that workers should be allowed to ‘opt out’ of their right to be paid the National Minimum Wage, claiming that it would help to reduce unemployment as businesses...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 21, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
BRAND OFFERS THEIR WORK EXPERIENCE ‘BOY’ AS A COMPETITION PRIZE In recent weeks, Graduate Fog has noted an unsettling trend for thoughtless brands treating youth unemployment — including graduate unemployment — as a bit of a giggle. (The BBC...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
ONE IN TEN BUSINESSES PLANS TO CULL YOUNG WORKERS Worrying news reaches Graduate Fog that businesses are planning to reduce their numbers of junior employees – suggesting that young people could be the first in the firing line in a new round of redundancies. And...
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