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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Recession and economy, science and technology, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
TESTING DRUGS “COULD BE YOUR SOLUTION” TO GRADUATE MONEY WORRIES, SAYS DRUG FIRM REP * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * UPDATE, SUNDAY 22 JUNE: GSK SACKS AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INCIDENT Cash-strapped graduates and unpaid interns are being targeted for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 17, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Postgraduate study, Recession and economy, Universities, Wages
BOSSES TARGET STUDENTS EARLIER AND EARLIER – BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE STILL CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE? There are concerns that a two-speed graduate jobs market is emerging – with the most focussed, organised graduates racing...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 9, 2014 | Arts and culture, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Music, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
RECORD LABEL ADVERTISES 20 POSITIONS AT £15,000 A YEAR Has Sony learnt its lesson after being caught using unpaid interns and paying out £4,600 in unpaid wages to a graduate intern last year? The brand’s record label arm Sony Music is currently advertising 20...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 2, 2014 | Applications, average graduate salary, Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Recession and economy, Wages
CLASS OF 2014 TO EARN LESS THAN CLASS OF 2008 ** Woop! We’re in today’s Telegraph! Jobs market opens up for graduates as businesses expand ** Graduates have received mixed news today as it emerged that the number of graduate jobs available is set to rise...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 29, 2014 | Arts and culture, average graduate salary, Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
HALF OF PR INTERNS EARN LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE — AND A QUARTER AREN’T EVEN PAID EXPENSES Graduates hoping to start a career in public relations are facing unprecedented challenges according to new research into the junior end of the industry’s...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 21, 2014 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
MARTIN HADFIELD DIED 24 HOURS AFTER LAST APPOINTMENT *Thinking dark thoughts? We promise you’re not alone — and there is help available. Please contact PAPYRUS or the Samaritans now. Suicide is always a tragic waste and it’s never the solution to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 19, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
ROCK-BOTTOM PAY FOR 5 MILLION WORKERS “CAN’T CARRY ON”, INSISTS ED MILIBAND Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans to increase the UK’s national minimum wage to a level closer to the country’s average income, if his party wins the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 14, 2014 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
DINOSAUR POLITICIAN DISPLAYS OUT-DATED THINKING A Labour politician has exhibited shockingly flawed logic and out-dated arguments on the issue of unpaid internships by claiming that those who campaign for a fairer deal young workers are “misguided” –...
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