
Ker-ching! Pay boost for 23- and 24-year-olds earning minimum wage
BUT WHY ARE 21- AND 22-YEAR-OLDS STILL MAKING LESS? From 1 April 2021, employees aged 23 and 24 will jump…
Who’s been hiring unpaid interns? The Ultimate Wall of Shame
GET REVENGE! HIT BACK AT CHEAPSKATE EMPLOYERS BY SHARING AND TWEETING THIS LIST NOW! Since 2010, we’ve been naming and shaming the big brands and famous people who…
Should you sign up to a recruitment agency?
WASTE OF TIME – OR WORTH A SHOT? Are you a recent graduate looking for a job? With only 60% of university leavers finding work in the first six months after graduation…
Government “got its maths wrong” on tuition fees, adviser admits
THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES STRUGGLE TO REPAY LOANS – SO POLITICIANS CONSIDER PUTTING FEES UP FURTHER (YES, REALLY) A key government adviser has admitted…
Student fees system crumbles as graduates struggle to pay back loans
NEW £9,000 FEES POLICY SET TO COST MORE THAN THE SYSTEM IT REPLACED How confident are you that you’ll be able to repay your entire student debt?
Go Emily! Now Miss Selfridge intern testifies at City Hall
NOTE TO SIR PHILIP GREEN: NEVER CROSS AN ANGRY INTERN Topshop boss Sir Philip Green is used to getting his own way. So, when he told the Evening Standard…
“Another dentist appointment?” How to sneak off to an interview (when you already have a job)
EXPERT TIPS FOR TUNNELLING OUT WITHOUT AROUSING SUSPICION It’s a tricky one – how do you sneak off for an interview, when you already have a job?…
Official jobs website faces axe as it emerges a FIFTH of its ads are dodgy
120,000 FAKE OR DUPLICATE POSITIONS REMOVED FROM UNIVERSAL JOBSMATCH In the last 18 months, tens of thousands of jobseekers – including graduates – have been told they must sign up to Universal Jobsmatch…
Are you over-qualified for the job you’re doing?
SKILLS MISMATCH MEANS 30% OF WORKERS ARE OVER-EDUCATED FOR THEIR ROLE Nearly a third of the UK’s workforce is over-qualified for the position…
Generation Procrastination: How young jobseekers put off getting serious about their career
SIMPLE ADMIN TASKS ARE A MAJOR HURDLE, SAYS NEW SURVEY A third of young jobseekers say the biggest barrier to finding a better job is simply getting round to updating…
Bosses! Don’t expect newbies to know it all on day one!
EMPLOYERS REMINDED TO TRAIN AND MENTOR THEIR YOUNG STAFF Bosses have been reminded of their responsibility to train and mentor their young staff…
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