by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 12, 2013 | Applications, average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
TREASURY OFFICIAL REPORTED TO HIS OWN DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION * STORY PICKED UP BY GUIDO FAWKES! * A Conservative MP who is also a senior figure at the Treasury has been reported to his own officials at HM Revenue and Customs over a mysterious six-month...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GIFT STORE REMOVES AD – BUT DOESN’T SAY SORRY The high street gift and clothing store JOY has removed its advert for an expenses-only internship lasting up to 12 months, after claiming was posted on their website “without sign-off from our HR...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
AUTHOR TOUTS “PRICELESS” OPPORTUNITY… TO WORK FOR FREE * ANOTHER GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * An author writing a new book about David Beckham’s career has been caught trying to recruit for an unpaid picture researcher. The advert states...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
NEED FOR UNPAID EXPERIENCE LOCKING POORER GRADUATES OUT OF THE PROFESSION Britain’s top female judge has warned that the growth of unpaid internships is a “grim” and “very gloomy” trend that is undermining efforts to improve diversity in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2013 | Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
‘DEVIL WEARS PRADA’ INTERNS SHAME CONDE NAST INTO CLOSING ITS SCHEME A leading US publishing house is to stop its unpaid internship programme, after being sued by two former interns who claim they worked there for less than $1 an hour. Its UK office has...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 25, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
NEW STATS RAISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT EMPLOYERS REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE LAW ON INTERNSHIPS Are bosses who employ unpaid interns evil – or ignorant? That’s the question being asked after a fascinating new research by Monster.co.uk found that the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 23, 2013 | Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
LAWYERS AND RESEARCHERS BAN US FROM PRESENTING THE BASIC FACTS Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald was dropped hours before a planned TV appearance on Friday’s BBC Breakfast – after she refused producers’ requests to tell viewers that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2013 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
IF EMPLOYERS KEEP RIPPING OFF YOUNG TALENT “THE ARTS WILL SUFFER” The Arts Council England has posted a fierce warning to employers attempting to use their jobs website to recruit unpaid interns. The organisation has also reminded them: “If we...
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...
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