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 8, 2011
We love a good ding-dong at Graduate Fog – fire and ire are the lifeblood of this website. Feel free to slug it out over the following debates… Are ‘picky’ graduates really TURNING DOWN jobs? A report has claimed that graduates are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 8, 2011
As unpaid internships become the norm, starting salaries fall and the cost of living soars, more and more graduates are finding they have no choice but to live at home and accept hand-outs from their parents. The book Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted its...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 4, 2011 | Charities and volunteering, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships
YEAH, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, SAYS GRADUATE FOG An American website which auctions unpaid internships for thousands of dollars – and plans to expand to the UK – has refused to answer Graduate Fog’s questions about how its business model fits with the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 2, 2011
A generation of young people has grown up with the idea that it’s not only possible to make a living doing a job you love, but that it’s your human right to enjoy your work. Is it time to grow up and realise we can’t all have fun jobs that pay well,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
HAVE DAVID WILLETTS’ NEW CONTACT LENSES GIVEN HIM CLARITY AT LAST? David Willetts, the universities minister, reminded a packed conference room of professionals yesterday that anybody considering hiring interns must comply with the existing National Minimum Wage...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 14, 2011 | Graduate Jobs, Media and journalism, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE DARK APPEAL OF THE INDUSTRY THAT HATES ITS YOUNG Why are so many graduates desperate to break into an industry that pays sleazy private eyes huge sums of money for phone hacking — but won’t pay its interns the minimum wage? This summer 40,000 of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 12, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
EMBARRASSING GAPS IN ADVISORY BODY’S KNOWLEDGE REVEALED Wondering why nothing is happening to enforce the law on paying interns the wages you deserve for your work? New evidence suggests that the organisation advising the government on this issue doesn’t...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 5, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
CUT RED TAPE AND TAXES FOR SMALLER EMPLOYERS, EXPERT SUGGESTS A graduate recruitment expert has suggested a possible solution to the graduate unemployment crisis. And, following last week’s news that 83 graduates are applying for every vacancy, Graduate Fog is...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 28, 2011 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Media and journalism, Politicians, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
BUT INDUSTRY EXPERTS CLAIM THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT! A new survey has revealed that there are now 83 applicants for every graduate job – but industry experts have stunned Graduate Fog by insisting the new figures are not cause for concern, with one...
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