by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 5, 2016 | Business, Money, Wages
STORE BELIEVES IN “A MEANINGFUL WAGE FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD THEY ARE” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Graduate Fog loves IKEA — and not just because they stock products named Milf, Skanka and Fartyg. Last year, the furniture megastore earned a...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2016 | Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Money, Public services, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘VOLUNTEER’ ROLES REPLACE SKILLED JOBS THAT ONCE PAID £19,000 NHS trusts around the UK are asking people to work for nothing – and dozens of adverts for unpaid positions have been discovered for roles that normally come with salaries of over £19,000....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2016 | Banking, Benefits and welfare, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
DOES CAREFREE SPENDING MASK DEEPER CONCERNS? OR ARE YOU JUST CHOOSING TO ENJOY LIFE NOW? Today’s skint graduates are baffling experts by exhibiting a ‘YOLO’ (you only live once) attitude to money, despite being among the most indebted generation ever...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages
IS SHOCK EU REFERENDUM RESULT GOOD OR BAD NEWS FOR YOUNG WORKERS? In case you missed it (!), the British public has just voted to leave the European Union (EU). On Friday it was announced that 52% of those who voted wished to leave (‘Brexit’), while only...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 22, 2016 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, General election and voting, Immigration, Politicians, Recession and economy, Universities, Wages
LEAVE, REMAIN – OR STILL UNDECIDED? TELL US WHICH SIDE YOU’RE ON Today – Thursday 23rd June – we are being asked to decide whether the UK should remain part of the EU (‘Bremain’) or leave (‘Brexit’). The outcome of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 2, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Money, PR and marketing, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, EARN PENNIES, THEN ORGANISE YOUR OWN LEAVING PARTY (IT WILL “TURBO CHARGE” YOUR CAREER, APPARENTLY) UPDATE: We have friends in high places! PR guru Mark Borkowski has just tweeted that this advert is “not a good look” for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 25, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
YOUNG WORKERS SHOULD SIMPLY ‘REJECT’ UNPAID INTERNSHIPS Graduates are too willing to work for free and should simply “reject” unpaid internships, a PR agency boss has said. She also implied that graduates who don’t “value their...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
BECAUSE VIOLENCE DOESN’T SOLVE ANYTHING If one thing makes us mad, it’s unpaid internships. In fact, this website made its name by naming and shaming the big firms and famous people who exploit graduates who are so desperate for experience they’ll...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 25, 2016 | Media and journalism, Money, Wages
“WE GIVE SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE,” SAY EXHAUSTED YOUNG WORKERS The makers of Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor have been slammed over the treatment of up to 40 TV runners, whose long hours and low pay mean they may have been working for below the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 19, 2016 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Politicians, Wages
ADVERTS REMOVED AND ‘RE-EVALUATED’ AFTER WE QUESTION THEIR LEGALITY *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE!* * OOH! THIS STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY BUZZFEED, THE TAB AND THE INDEPENDENT * Oh dear – the government’s new National Living Wage is so confusing...
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