by Tanya de Grunwald | May 17, 2016 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
BECAUSE VIOLENCE DOESN’T SOLVE ANYTHING If one thing makes us mad, it’s unpaid internships. In fact, this website made its name by naming and shaming the big firms and famous people who exploit graduates who are so desperate for experience they’ll...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 17, 2016 | Unpaid internships, Wages
BACK PAY IS OFTEN AWARDED, BUT PENALTIES ARE VERY RARE Three media interns are celebrating as their former employer has been fined nearly £9,000 after the trio of designers worked for three months unpaid. The penalty is one of the largest Graduate Fog has ever heard...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 21, 2015 | Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Money, Politicians, Public services, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
PARTY’S ACTIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PROMISES, SAYS GRADUATE FOG A Labour MP has been found to be paying his interns just £4 a day, apparently conflicting with a pledge made last week by Ed Miliband to tackle the problems of low pay and unpaid...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 17, 2015 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, General election and voting, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
HUGE PROBLEM FOR YOUNG WORKERS FINALLY RECOGNISED – WILL OTHER PARTIES FOLLOW SUIT? Ed Miliband has promised that all internships lasting more than a month will be paid if the Labour Party is elected in May. This will end the ‘scandal’ of the...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 9, 2015 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, zero hours contracts
GRADUATE FOG IS FIVE TODAY! Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday to us… Happy birthday Graduate Fo-og… Happy birthday to us! That’s right – today we are celebrating this website’s FIFTH birthday! And we want to say a big thank you...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 28, 2015 | Applications, Arts and culture, Charities and volunteering, diversity, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Unpaid internships, Wages
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY “DONATES” THREE-MONTH “RARE OPPORTUNITY” * GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! * * OOH! OUR STORY PICKED UP BY THE GUARDIAN, RAW STORY AND THE INDEPENDENT! * An unpaid Hollywood internship at a major movie studio is being auctioned...
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 | Nov 13, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, diversity, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Media and journalism, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, social mobility, Unpaid internships, Wages
MOST ARE SKINT – AND INACCURATE STEREOTYPES OBSCURE THE TRUE VILLAINS IN TODAY’S JOB MARKET: THE EMPLOYERS WHO EXPLOIT YOUNG WORKERS According to much of the mainstream press, it’s a fact that you have to be ‘rich’ (or even...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 6, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Confidence and self-esteem, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Money, PR and marketing, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
GURU’S NINE-MONTH PR JOB PAYS EXPENSES ONLY * UPDATE! Annie Ashdown has just announced she WILL pay this intern if the role goes ahead. See Comments below this post * A confidence coach and author has posted an advert for a nine-month unpaid PR internship,...
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