by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 22, 2016 | Applications, average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
STARK CONTRAST IN TALES FROM “THE BEST” AND “THE REST” Hey, did you hear the one about “picky” graduates turning down top employers and reneging on job offers they’ve already accepted? Apparently, candidates are displaying...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 2, 2015 | average graduate salary, Business, Confidence and self-esteem, diversity, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
TWO GRAND GENDER PAY GAP STARTS STRAIGHT AFTER UNI The average graduate salary for male graduates is £2,000 more than for female graduates in their first job after university – indicating that the so-called ‘gender pay gap’ between the sexes can be...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 18, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Recession and economy, student loan, Wages
BIG EMPLOYERS REPORT HUNDREDS OF SPARE PLACES… WHILE THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES ARE UNDER-EMPLOYED IN SHOPS AND CALL CENTRES Two thirds of the UK’s biggest graduate employers say they are struggling to fill their vacancies for 2015 – because the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 14, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Retail, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
MORE, BETTER-PAID JOBS ARE STILL DESPERATELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG Despite a rise in employment, there is deep concern that wage growth is still too low – and more, better-paid jobs are essential if young workers are to feel the benefits of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 7, 2013 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy
UNDER-TRAINED ADVISERS LEAVE YOUNG JOBSEEKERS “SHROUDED IN SHAME” Job centres for under-25s should be scrapped as they stigmatise and demoralise young people seeking work, and MP has said. At present, under-trained staff in the “high street holding...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 16, 2013 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities
BUT WHOSE FAULT IS IT IF YOU NEED MORE TRAINING? More than half of the UK’s biggest employers have complained that ‘none or few’ of the graduates they have taken on this year were ‘job ready’ (in other words, ready to start doing useful...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Aug 30, 2013 | average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
AND AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARY IS £24,000 (APPARENTLY) A new survey has claimed that just 3% of people who graduated during the recession were unemployed three and a half years later – and the average graduate salary for those in work is £24,000. But struggling...
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