by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 16, 2017 | Banking, Business, Employers and recruitment, Money, Recession and economy, Uncategorized, Unpaid internships, Wages
COULD GRADUATES EARN MORE IF BOSSES EARNED LESS? We have a National Minimum Wage – but is it time we had a National Maximum Wage too? The idea was proposed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last week, as a potential solution to the growing problem of pay...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 1, 2016 | CVs and interviews, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Parents and family, Recession and economy, social mobility, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
SHOCKING NEW REPORT REVEALS “MASSIVE PAY GAP” BETWEEN WHITE GRADUATES AND THEIR ETHNIC MINORITY FRIENDS Yes, this is the UK – and yes, this is 2016. Yet shocking new research has revealed a “massive pay gap” between the UK’s white...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 18, 2015 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, London, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Wages, zero hours contracts
NEW RATE IS “NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH” SAY CRITICS Good news for graduates doing low-paid internships, shop jobs and bar work: the national minimum wage is set to rise in October 2015. The bad news? The new rate is just 20p per hour more than the current rate....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
BUT GULF WIDENS BETWEEN WAGES OFFERED BY GOOD AND BAD EMPLOYERS The Living Wage has jumped to nearly £10 an hour in some parts of the UK, meaning that graduates working for ‘good’ employers are earning 41% more than those with the same skills who are...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 29, 2014 | average graduate salary, Banking, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Housing, Money, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Wages
DECODE THE NUMBERS – AND MAKE SURE YOUR BOSS’S SUMS ARE RIGHT By guest blogger Elizabeth Grey The long-awaited day is finally here: your first graduate wage packet has landed. After you’ve got used to seeing such a healthy looking bank balance and...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 3, 2014 | graduate debt, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Universities
UK UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE 20,000 COMPLAINTS IN 12 MONTHS Students and graduates now view themselves as ‘consumers’ who can demand value for money from the institutions which expect them to pay thousands of pounds in tuition fees. New statistics have revealed...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 5, 2013 | Benefits and welfare, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
EXCITING TIMES FOR THIS WEBSITE – BUT ARE THERE ANY OFFERS YOU’D LIKE US TO REFUSE? The Graduate Fog community includes tens of thousands of unpaid interns, underpaid juniors, and graduates struggling to get by on benefits from the State and hand-outs...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 22, 2013 | CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Law, Media and journalism, Parents and family, Pay Your Interns, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
FOUNDER TANYA DE GRUNWALD ON HOW INTERNS FOUND THEIR VOICE Graduate Fog founder Tanya de Grunwald has blasted employers who continue to hire interns and pay them less than the minimum wage, in an article she was commissioned to write for the Guardian. She praised the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 18, 2013 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Wages
WE DON’T CARE WHERE YOU STUDIED, CLAIM BOSSES Graduate employers have revealed crucial secrets about how they compare candidates’ degrees when assessing which applicants to invite for interview. The good news is that the university you studied at is less...
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