by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 14, 2018 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, social mobility, Unpaid internships
WHO’S GREAT TO WORK FOR? LOOK FOR THE MEMBER BADGE On Monday 26th March, Graduate Fog starts a new chapter. We’ll still be slagging off bad employers – but we’ll also be praising good ones. Employers who want to help make the world of work...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 18, 2017 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate schemes, Unpaid internships, workfare
OUR HEROES AND VILLAINS FROM THE LAST 12 MONTHS What a year it’s been. We’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our readers for supporting Graduate Fog in 2017, especially those who shared or retweeted our blog posts or who told your friends about the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 25, 2017
WHAT IS THE GRADUATE FOG EMPLOYERS CLUB? A new coalition of forward-thinking graduate employers proud to lead the way on raising standards and improving fairness when recruiting, training and retaining young people. The Club is brought to you by Graduate Fog, the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 23, 2017 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Unpaid internships, Wages
FURNITURE RETAILER DESCRIBES SENIOR ROLE – BUT CALLS IT JUNIOR The furniture retailer MADE.COM has come under fire for posting a lengthy advert for an ‘entry level’ job requiring extensive knowledge and experience that no new entrant to the job...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2017 | job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships
JK ROWLING RETWEETS BIZARRE STORY INVOLVING NAKED HOMELESS MAN A former intern has shocked Twitter by sharing an unusual tale of a night he spent in a London youth hostel while doing unpaid journalism work experience at the Guardian. Interpretations of the story have...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 27, 2016 | student loan, Tuition fees, Universities, Unpaid internships
ANGER GROWS AS ORGANISATION CONTINUES TO IGNORE CORE CAMPAIGN ISSUES There was a time when the National Union of Students (NUS) was a force to be reckoned with, campaigning hard on core issues affecting UK students. But is it still? Or is it now just a glorified...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 11, 2016 | Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
BUT THEY CLAIM IT’S A CHANCE TO ‘SHADOW AND LEARN’ * OOH! THIS STORY HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY THE BBC AND THE GUARDIAN! * Heat magazine has angered young job seekers by advertising a “grunt work” placement in its fashion cupboard, paying...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 27, 2016 | Careers advice, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
BECAUSE “EVERYONE LIKES TO BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER” Energy firm E.ON is sponsoring the Graduate Fog Advice Zone — a vast archive of essential articles that serves thousands of young job seekers in the UK. E.ON is one of the UK’s most...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 31, 2016
TOP TUTOR LAUNCHES NO-NONSENSE ONE-TO-ONE ADVICE CLASSES (SKYPE SESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR CLIENTS OUTSIDE LONDON) Life isn’t easy for today’s university graduates. Facing a tough job market littered with unpaid internships but few proper, paid jobs, many...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 15, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment
SHOCK REPORT SHOWS BLACK, ASIAN AND MINORITY ETHNIC GRADUATES 2.5x MORE LIKELY TO BE JOBLESS Black, Asian and minority ethnic graduates are two and a half times more likely to be jobless than their white friends, shocking new research reveals. Is the ugly truth...
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