by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 31, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG’S EVIDENCE PASSED TO OFFICIALS Tony Blair’s office could face an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs, after evidence from Graduate Fog was passed on to the officials responsible for enforcing the national minimum wage. When quizzed by the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
IRONY ALERT AS “MR MINIMUM WAGE” OFFERS EXPENSES-ONLY INTERNSHIP AT HIS PRIVATE OFFICE **GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE** A graduate from a top London university has told Graduate Fog that he was offered and then rejected for a three-month internship at Tony...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
ISN’T IT FUNNY HOW INTERNS ARE SO POWERLESS? ER, NO, NOT REALLY… **GUEST POST** Politics graduate Kayla, 24, has done an unpaid internship with Amnesty International and a paid internship with Lloyds Banking Group. She gives her verdict on The Work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 24, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Wages
EMPLOYERS HUNT OVER-QUALIFIED YOUNG WORKERS FOR MENIAL JOBS Highly qualified university graduates are being targeted to fill low-skilled menial jobs, in a dark new trend employment experts are calling ‘credentialism’. This reflects our growing suspicion...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2012 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
INTERN PACKED CLOTHES IN THE STOCKROOM AND TRAINED HER OWN REPLACEMENT An intern who worked at NOW magazine has been awarded £750 of back pay after signing up for our Justice for Interns campaign. IPC Media, the magazine’s publisher, admitted she had carried out...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 18, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
MAGAZINE PUBLISHER, AUCTION HOUSE AND TECH GIANT PAY OUT — BUT WE CAN’T TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE **GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE** Three big companies have written cheques totalling nearly £3,000 to a group of interns who challenged them for failing to pay the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 10, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
A REWARD FOR GRAFTERS – OR A PENALTY FOR THE POOR? Graduates who intern for three months after university add an average of £1,500 to their starting salary when they eventually begin their first paid job, new research shows. As most internships are now unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 27, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare
PUNY PAY PACKETS MEAN WORKERS ARE NOT SPENDING, SAYS NEWSPAPER EDITOR Employers who pay their graduates low wages – or even no wages at all – are helping to keep the UK in recession, an expert has said. Writing in yesterday’s City AM, the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 20, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
“INSULTING” REMARK FROM DAMIAN COLLINS A Conservative politician has said that young people should busk to raise the travel money they need to get to work. Damian Collins — who is the MP for Folkstone — made the point during on last...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 19, 2012 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Wages
UNILEVER HUNTS FRESHERS FOR LANDMARK NEW SCHEME The UK’s brightest young people must start competing for their position in the job market earlier than ever, it seems. Consumer goods giant and major graduate employer Unilever has announced a landmark new...
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