by Tanya de Grunwald | May 31, 2023 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Health and welfare
BP AND NATWEST VANISH FROM TOP 100 LGBTQ FIRMS LIST – AND WON’T SAY WHY * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Mystery surrounds the disappearance of several big companies from Stonewall’s annual list of the UK’s top 100 LGBTQ+ employers, following an exclusive investigation by...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 15, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, social mobility
‘I FELT RUSHED WHEN I SIGNED THE CONTRACT, AND WAS DEPRESSED BY THE TIME I LEFT’ A graduate who paid £14,520 in ‘exit fees’ in order to escape a job he realised was a mistake has written to his former employer asking for his money back. He...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Good + Fair Employers Club, Graduate Fog, social mobility
‘GRADUATES SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY TO LEAVE A ROLE THEY’RE UNHAPPY IN’ SAYS WATER COMPANY Our campaign to #StopExitFeesByXmas is working – we have our first supporter! Last week, we blew open the scandal of the firms that have been charging...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 29, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility
NOW FACING A £15,000 BILL IF HE QUITS, SAM* EXPLAINS WHY HE DIDN’T ASK MORE QUESTIONS WHEN SIGNING HIS CONTRACT (*Not his real name, to protect his identity) Last week, we asked why the IT outsourcing firm FDM Group has been given a platform to speak at the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 24, 2020 | Applications, Careers advice, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting
FREE to download – click here Already mentioned in the Guardian Author best known for challenging Tony Blair, Phillip Green, Boris Johnson, Simon Cowell, Vivienne Westwood, Samantha Cameron and over unpaid internships E-book is sponsored by Accenture, Vodafone,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 29, 2019 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog Employers Club, Graduate Jobs, professional development, resigning and references, social mobility, Wages
TOP EMPLOYERS MEET TO DISCUSS HOW TO HANG ON TO THEIR YOUNG STAFF (YES, THAT’S YOU) Some of the UK’s top employers have met to discuss the problem of retention – in other words, why it’s proving so hard to hang on to their young staff in...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 11, 2019 | Media and journalism, science and technology, social mobility, Unpaid internships
– “It’s hard for me to say no” to offers, says Lancet Global Health Editor-in-Chief, Zoe Mullan – The roles are unpaid and unadvertised – Comments were made during the Equality in Science Symposium, a public event at the Liverpool...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 31, 2019 | Arts and culture, diversity, Graduate Fog Employers Club, Media and journalism, social mobility, Unpaid internships
INFLUENTIAL BROADCASTER WILL ALSO HOST OUR NEXT CLUB EVENT Channel 4 is the latest big employer to step up and show their support for young job seekers by joining the Graduate Fog Employers Club, our coalition of ‘good’ employers of young people. The...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 24, 2018 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, social mobility, Unpaid internships
HOW TO GRAB YOUR PLACE ON THEIR SCHEME – BY THE PERSON WHO’LL READ YOUR APPLICATION * THE SUMMER SCHEME HAS CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THEIR AUTUMN SCHEME IN JULY * Keen to start a career in the charity world, but can’t afford to intern unpaid?...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2017 | Applications, CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, job hunting, London, Money
BANK LENDS ITS FLATS TO GRADUATES AS SHOCKING NEW STATS REVEAL TRUE COST OF JOB HUNTING Graduates hoping to attend a job interview in London, Manchester or Birmingham in November have been offered free city centre accommodation, thanks to Barclays. A spokesperson for...
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