by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 11, 2017 | Business, Employers and recruitment, job hunting, Money, Retail, Wages
SUPERMARKETS VOLUNTARILY BOOST PAY TO ABOVE THE LIVING WAGE – BUT WILL OTHERS FOLLOW? Aldi and Lidl have given January jobseekers a reason to be cheerful – but voluntarily boosting wages for their lowest-paid workers. The question now is: Will other firms...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 18, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
SHOW US THE MONEY, SAY CASH-STRAPPED YOUNG WORKERS Bosses who hire graduates, take note: what your young staff really want isn’t a Christmas party or more time off. Four in ten say what they really want is… a pay rise. A festive survey of 500 students...
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 22, 2014 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Fog, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Parents and family, Politicians, Recession and economy, Universities, Unpaid internships, Wages
WE DEMAND URGENT ACTION IN FIGHT FOR FAIR PAY FOR YOUNG WORKERS Graduate Fog’s founder has insisted that interns’ fight for fair pay must be a priority – and that a recommendation that unpaid internships should be abolished by 2020 is an insult to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 17, 2014 | Arts and culture, Benefits and welfare, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, Housing, job hunting, Money, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
WAGES FOR UNDER-30s DROP BY 11% – BUT UPBEAT GRADS SAY “WE DON’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT” How rich (or poor) do you feel – and does it get you down? Or do you refuse to worry about it? Graduate Fog has noticed a wide range in attitudes from...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 2, 2014 | average graduate salary, Careers advice, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, professional development, Recession and economy, Tuition fees, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
A QUARTER EXPERIENCE ‘LOW EARNER ANXIETY’ Tens of thousands of graduates regularly compare their salary to that of their friends and suffer from ‘low earner anxiety’ as they find their post-university pay packet is smaller than they expected it...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 27, 2014 | average graduate salary, Benefits and welfare, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Housing, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy, Retail, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts
LOWEST PAID WORKERS LOOK SET TO EARN 3% MORE There is good news for graduates earning the national minimum wage – Britain’s business leaders have announced they are backing a proposed 3% rise recommended by the Low Pay Commission. The bad news?...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 21, 2014 | average graduate salary, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages
TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE “SHOE-HORNED” INTO UNI DEGREES THAT DON’T PAY OFF, SAYS LABOUR MP A quarter of graduates are earning less than apprentices, according to new figures. New research from the Office of National Statistics has found that 27% of...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 24, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, Wages, zero hours contracts
BUT LOW WAGES AND SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS WILL STAY If you found it tough to land a graduate job in 2013, we have good news. It should be a bit easier in 2014. More than a fifth of firms say they plan to hire more graduates in 2014 than they did in 2013, according to a...
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