by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 20, 2023 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, social mobility
• INEXPERIENCED GRADUATES ARE ‘LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER,’ SAYS EXPERT • UNSCRUPULOUS FIRMS CHARGE UP TO £19,800 TO THOSE WHO QUIT IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS • CORPORATIONS PROMISED TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE POST-COVID, NOT EXPLOIT THEM • CLIENTS SUCH AS HSBC, BP AND LLOYDS...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 11, 2022 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Money
‘RELIEF’ AMONG GRADUATES RELEASED FROM THEIR JOBS – THANKS TO OUR CAMPAIGN * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * Sparta Global has announced that...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 28, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Mental health, social mobility
PHARMA GIANT DUCKS QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL SUPPLIER Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has blanked our questions about its connections with Kubrick Group, the IT outsourcing firm that charges graduates up to £19,800 if they leave in less than two years. Multiple...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility
WE WANT OUR LOGO REMOVED FROM THEIR WEBSITE, ADDS SPOKESPERSON Well, isn’t life funny? One of the world’s oldest auction houses has stepped up as a pioneer in the battle to end the nightmare of graduate exit fees. When we saw the Christie’s logo on...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 22, 2021 | Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Uncategorized, Wages
BUT WHY ARE 21- AND 22-YEAR-OLDS STILL MAKING LESS? From 1 April 2021, employees aged 23 and 24 will jump from earning £7.70 an hour to £8.91 an hour – as the highest age bracket for workers earning the National Minimum Wage is lowered from aged 25 and above to...
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 | Jul 27, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Recession and economy, workfare
THE PROS AND CONS OF SIGNING ON AFTER GRADUATION Are you struggling to find work, running out of cash – and considering signing on for Jobseeker’s Allowance? Is the money you get worth the hassle of applying? And can you do internships (either paid or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 19, 2020 | Careers advice, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Graduate unemployment
MUST-READ GRADUATE JOB HUNT BIBLE PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2020 * Want to know when the book is out? Scroll down to sign up to be notified! * * Already mentioned in the Guardian! * Without a doubt, 2020 is a tough year to be graduating from university. The Covid-19 (or...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 10, 2020 | Benefits and welfare, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Kickstarter Scheme, Wages
AND HOW WILL IT LOOK ON YOUR CV? WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is a man with a plan — to “protect, support and create jobs” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. But it won’t be easy. The lockdown has already hit the...
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...
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