by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 16, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Law, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HOW ONE TINY TWEAK WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT FOR YOUNG WORKERS Good news for interns at last! Yesterday, Labour announced it is backing an important proposal which will help to ensure that all internships lasting more than four weeks are automatically paid, if the party...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 3, 2014 | average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
UK CAPITAL HAS ‘A BIG PROBLEM’ WITH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, FINDS DAMNING NEW REPORT More than six in 10 London internships are paid less than the minimum wage and unpaid internships are ‘a big problem’ in the capital, according to a damning new...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 11, 2014 | Arts and culture, average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
ONLY ‘MEDIOCRE’ GRADUATES WOULD QUESTION THE VALUE OF UNPAID INTERNSHIPS, SAYS EDINBURGH BOSS Do some bosses feel it’s their human right to hire unpaid staff? Like many people, we were shocked by the story about Casa Morada, the Edinburgh interior...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 31, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Food, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages
A JUICY OPPORTUNITY – OR ROTTEN TO THE CORE? The National Trust has advertised for a ‘Cider and Apple Intern’ to ‘volunteer’ for a ‘suggested time commitment’ of 24 hours a week for three months, to help co-ordinate the apple...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 14, 2014 | Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
DINOSAUR POLITICIAN DISPLAYS OUT-DATED THINKING A Labour politician has exhibited shockingly flawed logic and out-dated arguments on the issue of unpaid internships by claiming that those who campaign for a fairer deal young workers are “misguided” –...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
BOSSES PROMOTING WAGE-FREE ROLES TO BE WARNED BY HMRC *GRADUATE FOG MENTIONED TODAY ON SKY NEWS!* Officials are to send letters to 200 employers who have recently advertised unpaid internships, as part of the government’s battle to prove to young people that it...
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