by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 9, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCK CLAIM APPEARS IN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT ‘COOL’ OFFICES Reports that interns at global advertising agency Mother work in a cage have been met with alarm — but the company insists that it treats its young workers well. Last month, the London...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 7, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHORT-CHANGED GRADUATES OFFERED MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Were you over-charged for your degree? Students at a London university have become the first to be promised a refund if they fail to find work after graduation. The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 6, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Wages
HAVE FAT CATS SHAFTED GRADUATES TO PROTECT THEIR OWN PAY PACKETS? Bosses’ claims that they can’t afford to hire many new graduates this year are being scrutinized – as new figures show that executives have enjoyed massive increases in their own...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 31, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCKING NEW STATS SHOW HOW FAMILIES ARE BORROWING MONEY FOR THEIR CHILD’S DEGREE – BUT IS THEIR INVESTMENT WORTHWHILE? A record number of parents are taking out loans to help their children through university, according to new statistics – and even...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 30, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Unpaid internships, Wages
EXHAUSTED YOUNG WORKERS EARN WELL — BUT DO 18-HOUR DAYS Interns working in London’s financial district have revealed that their hefty pay packet comes at a price — as they are regularly expected to ‘pull all-nighters,’ during which they...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 25, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Wages
FUTURE GRADUATES WILL BE “VERY ANGRY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN INDEED” A respected education expert has warned of a looming graduate “revolution” in the next few years, as hundreds of thousands of graduates discover that their degree is not worth...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 24, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEW DEMANDS FOR EXPERIENCE OVER A DEGREE ARE UNFAIR AND NONSENSICAL, SAYS GRADUATE FOG First, you were told that a degree would lead to a good graduate job. Then, you were told you’d need a degree and several months of experience before you’d be considered...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 22, 2011 | Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW CAN NUMBER-CRUNCHERS MISS NEARLY 130,000 YOUNG WORKERS? Unpaid interns are invisible, according to the statisticians whose job it is to count you. The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) has released new figures showing the whereabouts of last...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 17, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages
ALMOST ONE IN FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER SWAPPING SEX FOR CASH Concerns have been raised that record levels of graduate debt could push young people – particularly women – into exploring prostitution as a solution to their money worries. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 3, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Universities, Wages
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL STORY CAUSES OUTRAGE AMONG GRADUATES Cash-strapped university graduates should be free to sell their kidneys in order to pay off their student debt, it has been suggested. And no, this isn’t a joke. In an article for the British Medical...
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