Third of government website internships ‘unpaid’
Almost one in three internships on a government website for graduate job-hunters this year has been unpaid, a Freedom of Information request shows. In a political row earlier this year Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called for interns to be paid. But the Graduate Talent Pool website, set up by the Department for Business, Innovation [...]
Should you bother paying interns?
So, you’re thinking of bringing on a grad on an “unpaid intern”. Valuable work experience or exploitation? A few months back a number of the national papers reported on the £3,000 paid by wealthy parents at the Tory party Black and White ball, in return for internships for their children at some of the City’s [...]
UK graduates have mixed views on small businesses
A survey, commissioned by specialist small to medium sized business (SME) recruiter Give A Grad A Go, has revealed that 91% of UK graduates think corporations pay better, 79% think they offer better job security and 74% believe they offer better career progression than SMEs. However, graduates felt SMEs excelled in terms of work ethic [...]