by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 3, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
COMMONPLACE PRACTICE IS RISKIER THAN COMPANIES REALISE, EXPERTS WARN What is going on with recruitment people? All summer, we have seen national press coverage about the issue of unpaid internships, which are now widely agreed to be illegal (definitely in the private...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 28, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
AND CURRENT SYSTEM FOR REPORTING EXPLOITATIVE EMPLOYERS “WORKS WELL” A spokesperson for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has told Graduate Fog that prosecuting employers who refuse to pay their interns would not be “a good use of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 26, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
SHOCKING COMMENTS “INSULT” YOUNG WORKERS, SAY INTERNS’ RIGHTS GROUPS A recruitment company has suggested that interns should eat roadkill — including badgers and squirrels — to make ends meet during their unpaid placements. Young workers...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2010 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships
DEMAND FOR NEW ‘EMPLOYABILITY STATEMENTS’ TRIGGERS PANIC AT UNI CAREERS CENTRES The official body for university careers advisers has warned that proving each degree’s value to prospective students – a key recommendation of Lord Browne’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
STORM BREWS FOR POLITICIANS AS UNPAID PLACEMENTS WITHIN HOME OFFICE AND NHS ARE REVEALED BBC Radio 5 Live is set to expose the scandalous spread of unpaid internships from the private sector into the public sector. THIS Sunday (10th October) at 9pm, 5 Live...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 28, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG QUIZZES HMRC OVER SYSTEM THAT FAILS YOUNG WORKERS The people responsible for protecting interns from exploitation have failed to assure Graduate Fog that they understand the scale or complexity of the situation they are in charge of policing. In an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 21, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships
WORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS UNPAID – WITH NO EXPENSES A hawk-eyed Graduate Fogger has spotted what could be the most outrageous ad EVER for an internship ‘opportunity.’ Powerful Media – “a cutting edge media consultancy firm based in Canary...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 14, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships
NEW BOOK BLAMES YEARS OF SHORT-SIGHTED POLITICS FOR THE PLIGHT OF TODAY’S YOUNG WORKERS Two young journalists have launched a blistering attack on the politicians who have failed to protect the welfare of today’s young job-seekers. In their new book Jilted...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Politicians, Unpaid internships
GRADUATE FOG STONEWALLED BY ANCIENT SYSTEM THAT PUTS EMPLOYERS FIRST AND INTERNS LAST In August, I made an official complaint against the big companies that Graduate Fog knows have been advertising for unpaid interns. At least, I tried to. I’m disappointed to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 8, 2010 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships
ONLY SIX PROSECUTIONS IN FOUR YEARS, FINDS GRADUATE FOG Shocking statistics discovered by Graduate Fog suggest that the official complaints procedure in place to protect interns from exploitation needs an urgent re-think. Left as it is now, the current system will...
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