Are unpaid ‘furlunteer’ roles replacing paid internships?
HAS YOUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP JUST BEEN TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A JOB ELSEWHERE? The Covid-19 presents an ‘opportunity’ for the UK’s start-ups, it has been declared…
Who’s fault is it if gradautes can’t spel?
EMPLOYERS BASH YOUNG JOBSEEKERS – BUT SURELY SCHOOLS ARE TO BLAME? The scrapping of GCSEs has re-ignited the debate about standards…
Busk to fund your internship, says Tory MP
“INSULTING” REMARK FROM DAMIAN COLLINS A Conservative politician has said that young people should busk to raise the travel money they need to get to work…
Graduate jobs madness! Now picky employers target FIRST YEAR students
UNILEVER SEEKS FRESHERS FOR LANDMARK NEW SCHEME The UK’s brightest young people must start competing for their position…
Do you need a rich boyfriend to work in fashion?
THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT THE INDUSTRY THAT EXPLOITS ITS YOUNG As growing numbers of fashion-focussed graduates tell us…
Graduate debt is a ticking time bomb, warns NUS president
REPAYING “WEIRD” LOAN WILL CREATE “ECONOMIC CRISIS” IN YEARS TO COME The president of the National Union of Students has warned that graduate debt is…
Want more work than you can find? You’re one of the new ‘under-employed’
ONE IN FIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WANTS MORE WORK THAN THEY CAN GET Graduates are among those worst hit by the new wave of ‘underemployment’ sweeping the UK…
“Why I deleted your application” One employer delivers the harsh truth
SOME GRADUATES’ APPROACHES ARE “APPALLING,” BOSS TELLS GRADUATE FOG You spent hours on your application – and were gutted when you never heard back. What went wrong?…
Graduates to earn less than apprentices, says employment minister Chris Grayling
SHOCKING NEW UNEMPLOYMENT SCHEME WILL SEE GRADUATES WORKING FOR LESS THAN APPRENTICES Job-seeking graduates living in London are to be forced…
Newsflash: Average graduate salary is nearly £10,000 less than previously thought
WE KNEW IT! MOST GRADUATES EARN UNDER £20,000, NOT NEARLY £30,000 The real average graduate salary is nearly £10,000 a year less…
Zero-hours contracts – the latest way to rip off young workers?
RAW DEAL FOR GRADUATES DOING SHOP WORK AND WAITING TABLES Thousands of graduates are complaining they are being ripped off…
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