by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 9, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Careers advice, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, London, Media and journalism, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
TIRED OF WORKING FOR FREE? GET TOUGH – OR GET OUT OF THERE Working for free – and running out of cash, fast? You’re not alone. In a graduate job market as tough as today’s, thousands of graduates are finding themselves working for free...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 7, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Job boards, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Politicians, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
NO WAGES, NO OFFICE AND NO PROFIT – ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE RUNNING A BUSINESS, GUYS? At Graduate Fog, we see a lot of adverts for unpaid internships. They all make our blood boil – that’s why we’ve named and shamed dozens of employers in the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 16, 2014 | Arts and culture, average graduate salary, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
“TOO MANY ARE NOT BEING PAID”, SAYS DAVID MORRISSEY Struggling to break into the creative industries because you can’t afford to work for free? At last, we have some good news: one of Britain’s most respected actors is championing your cause....
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 29, 2014 | Charities and volunteering, Employers and recruitment, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Parents and family, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADS WORK LATE-NIGHT BAR SHIFTS TO FUND UNPAID CHARITY PLACEMENTS * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Interns are coming in to work at Oxfam exhausted after working multiple jobs — including late-night bar work and weekend shifts — in order to fund their unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 8, 2014 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Unpaid internships, Wages
RECORD-BREAKING REPEAT OFFENDER JOINS OUR ULTIMATE WALL OF SHAME * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE * Most politicians have finally twigged that openly advertising unpaid internships is no longer a great look. But one MP is digging his heels in – recently recruiting for...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 2, 2014 | Applications, Employers and recruitment, fashion, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Music, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
ADVERT ASKS APPLICANTS TO COMPILE OFFICIAL BLUE IVY BABY BOOK AND SCOUR INTERNET FOR UNFLATTERING PHOTOS AND REQUEST THEIR REMOVAL An advert has appeared in which the global superstar and multimillionaire Beyonce Knowles appears to be looking for unpaid summer...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 5, 2014 | Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, leisure and hospitality, Media and journalism, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
WE REPORT ‘ZILLI MEDIA’ TO OFFICIALS FOR INTERNSHIP THAT DOESN’T EVEN PAY EXPENSES * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * Newsflash, Wed 5 Feb, 4.15pm – the advert has been taken down! No comment from Zilli yet – will keep you posted…...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 9, 2013 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, fashion, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages
GRADUATE FOG KICKS OFF ‘SHAME INTERN SCROOGES’ CAMPAIGN * WANT US TO KEEP YOU UPDATED? LIKE US ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! * Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? If not, we suggest you walk straight past JOY – the high street gift and...
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...
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