by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 23, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Law, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
LAW GRADUATE LOST TWO STONE DURING SIX MONTHS WORKING FOR FREE A law graduate has told how he could only afford one meal a day during his unpaid internship – and lost two stone in weight as a result. Law graduate Joseph Loughnane, 27, from Galway in Ireland,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 22, 2014 | Business, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
MUSIC MOGUL’S PEOPLE ASK TO SPEAK TO US “OFF THE RECORD” AFTER TOUTING FOR MULTIPLE “KEEN AS MUSTARD” INTERNS, PAYING EXPENSES ONLY ** ANOTHER GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE ** Simon Cowell has been caught up in another row about his...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 21, 2014 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE “SHOE-HORNED” INTO UNI DEGREES THAT DON’T PAY OFF, SAYS LABOUR MP A quarter of graduates are earning less than apprentices, according to new figures. New research from the Office of National Statistics has found that 27% of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 20, 2014 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
UNPAID INTERNS NO MORE LIKELY TO GET PAID JOBS THAN THOSE WHO DON’T BOTHER OR CAN’T AFFORD IT If you’re going to do an internship, make sure that it’s paid. Graduates who do unpaid internships are no more likely to find a paid, permanent job...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 17, 2014 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
IT WON’T BE THE BIGGEST, BUT COULD IT BE THE BEST? You love this website – and you need a job. So does it make sense to add a job board to Graduate Fog? Until now, we have not had much in the way of a jobs board. Visit our Jobs page and you’ll find a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 15, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, science and technology, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
IS EIGHT-WEEK “PAY-TO-LEARN-TO-EARN” COURSE A RIP-OFF? Graduate Fog is increasingly concerned about the rise in post-uni, pre-job training courses being targeted at recent graduates struggling to find a paid, permanent job in their chosen field. The latest...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 13, 2014 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
HIGH CITY RENT IS CREATING JOB “BLACKSPOTS” IN RURAL AREAS Sky-high rent in big cities is pricing thousands of graduates out of the race for the best vacancies, new stats show. The problem is creating job “blackspots” where young jobseekers in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 10, 2014 | Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
BETTER PAY COULD MEAN FEWER JOBS, ARGUES CHANCELLOR Graduates working for the minimum wage should brace themselves for disappointment – George Osborne has cautioned against a proposed pay rise for those receiving the lowest legal wage. Forcing employers to pay...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 9, 2014 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Immigration, job hunting, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Wages
BRITISH GRADUATES COULD BE “ELBOWED” OUT OF THE JOB MARKET, DAILY MAIL CLAIMS. BUT IS THAT FACT OR FICTION? An “influx” of young, educated Eastern European immigrants could be about to make British graduates’ job hunts even tougher, if...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 8, 2014 | average graduate salary, Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
“FAT CAT WEDNESDAY” HIGHLIGHTS PAY GAP BETWEEN JUNIOR AND SENIOR STAFF Bosses at some of the UK’s biggest companies have already earned more than most graduates will make in the whole of 2014 – after just two days in the office. By mid-morning...
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