by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 1, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATES IN FINANCE JOBS EARN £45,000 – BUT WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE? * WANT A NEWER ARTICLE ON AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARIES? PAY GAP WIDENS BETWEEN HIGH- AND LOW-PAID JOBS – AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARY IS NOW ANYWHERE “BETWEEN £80,000 AND £11,000” *...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, Law, Wages
EXPERT WARNS OF VAST “OVERSUPPLY” OF YOUNG HOPEFULS Pursuing a career in the legal profession – once considered one of the most stable and lucrative options for graduates – is an increasingly risky option for young people, and industry expert...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 26, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
AVERAGE UK YOUNG PERSON JOBLESS FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE THEIR 30th BIRTHDAY Now is not an easy time to be a job-seeking graduate – but new figures suggest that things are even bleaker for those who haven’t been to university. The latest figures are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 25, 2013 | Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
45% SAY THE EXPERIENCE IS WORTH IT Bizarre new research has found that almost half of graduates think working for free doing unpaid internships “isn’t a problem”. An astonishing 45% of graduates told TargetJobs that working for free isn’t a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 24, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
BLACK SWAN AND GAWKER INTERNS MAKE HEADLINES STATESIDE AT LAST American interns are finally making progress in their fight for a fairer deal on pay – with two major cases hitting the headlines in the last fortnight. First, the two Black Swan interns won their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
COMPANIES PROVEN TO HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE COULD BE STRIPPED OF RIGHT TO ANONYMITY Current legislation which protects companies found guilty of exploiting interns from being named publicly is being challenged by a politician who thinks they should be stripped of their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 12, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
PLACEMENT BACKFIRED WHEN EMPLOYER FALSELY CLAIMED SHE HAD BEEN FIRED Unpaid internships may suck – but at least they increase your chances of getting a paid job, right? Don’t be so sure. A graduate has told Graduate Fog how an inaccurate reference from an...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 5, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
**GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE** The government’s new social mobility czar – hired by Nick Clegg – has recruited unpaid interns in the past, Graduate Fog can exclusively reveal. We know that the multimillionaire and former Dragons’ Den star James...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 31, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
WOW – ANOTHER JOB BOARD ANNOUNCES ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ POLICY AGAINST DODGY EMPLOYERS *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* A second major UK jobs website has announced that it will refuse to advertise unpaid internships that appear to break the minimum wage law....
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 15, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
AND THOSE WHO DO FIND WORK EARN 9% LESS THAN THEIR WHITE FRIENDS Black graduates are three times more likely to be unemployed than white graduates six months of finishing university, it has emerged. The worrying statistic was highlighted during this week’s BBC...
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