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RateMyPlacement mentioned in the Guardian Live Chat!How can you make the most of your long Summer breaks? By improving your CV and gaining some excellent work experience on a placement or internship, that’s how! The live chat on the Guardian yesterday on the 5th May saw several experts in the undergraduate market (we couldn’t be there!) discuss how important work experience…
Nick Clegg attacks unpaid internships…how did he get his?!Nick Clegg yesterday launched a new social mobility policy with an attack on the way internships go to “sharp elbowed” wealthy families…. Clegg however, secured an internship at a Finnish Bank unpaid before he attended Cambridge University. A spokesperson said it was through “family connections”, Mr Clegg’s father Nicholas. I can’t help thinking this is…
Aaron updates us on his placement at Trigger!It’s an exciting and sad time as many of you are approaching the end of your placements.  Our Guest Blogger at Trigger, Aaron updates us with his experiences so far.  Read onto find out what he has been up to in the past few months…… “Believe it or not, in the last few months I have been…
Budget 2011 – “100,000 work experience places announced”The budget announced yesterday by the Government states that “100,000 young people will be offered work experience to reduce Britain’s escalating problem of youth unemployment”. This is a great step in the right direction, however the real question surrounds how many students will be paid for their placements. There needs to be a greater movement…
Win Beach Break Live tickets in our Facebook competition!How do you fancy winning 4 tickets to Beach Break Live this summer?! Interested? Then read on to find out more….. RateMyPlacement have teamed up with Beach Break Live to offer 4 tickets to the hottest student festival of the year. With a line up including Tinie Tempah, We Are Scientists and Professor Green, there…
Youth unemployment – more serious than we thought?!How serious is youth unemployment?!  The CIPD’s latest Work Audit report on official labour market statistics (“Getting the measure of youth unemployment”) suggests that youth unemployment is actually running at around one in eight rather than one in five! The new report published by the CIPD states that the UK clearly has a “serious” youth unemployment…
RateMyPlacement mentioned by Grant Thornton in Personnel Today!We are all aware of the high levels of graduate unemployment and the rising costs of attending university. It’s not all bad though! Â An article in Personnel Today discusses how important undergraduate work experience is, both for students and employers. Maria Floud, senior graduate recruitment manager at accountancy firm Grant Thornton, states that the increase…
“Nine-month unpaid internships at museums are exploitation” say MPsAn article in the Evening Standard yesterday accused London’s leading museums and art galleries of exploiting interns who work for no pay up to nine months at a time! The article mentioned museums such as The National Gallery, Natural History Museum, British Museum and National Portrait Gallery who are being criticised for hiring unpaid interns.…
Update from our Guest Blogger at CSC Business !It’s an exciting time as many of you people on placement break the half way stage. Our Guest Blogger at CSC, David Galbraith updates us with his experiences so far… “6:30am: I’ve woken to get into the office for 8. Unfortunately this is one of the 90% of the time I will ‘regretfully’ change my alarm to…
Interns will secure one third of graduate jobs – fact!The recent High Fliers Survey published on the 18th January revealed how important it is for students to gain work experience before they graduate. Martin Birchall, Managing Director of High Fliers Research explains: “It’s not enough just to have a good degree. Â Students need to have business skills. Â Employers want them to be able to…
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