It is fair to say that youth in the UK aren’t exactly having the best of times when it comes to work. However this doesn’t mean they are down and out, oh no no no. Face’s recent Tech Tribe survey has revealed that even though work may not be easy to come by, young people are still up for it and their attitude towards work cannot be questioned. Yesterdays post on Vice magazine’s ad agency Virtue is a great example of how young people are making a postive impact and changing the work environments around them.
So how exactly do the young folk in the UK feel about work?
Allow Tech Tribe to explain…
21st October 2009 | No Comments »
Motherboard.tv the new face of Dell
In what seems like a blatant appeal to boost its street-cred and cool factor, home computer company Dell has enlisted lifestyle magazine-come-advertising agency Vice, they of Do’s and Don’ts, to create a new news site/user-created blog/cool injection called Motherboard.tv.
20th October 2009 | 4 Comments
If you believe the newspapers (a.k.a. if you’re blissfully naive) you will now think that the recession is over. Earlier this month The Guardian told us that B2B spending had increased and that after a year of doom and gloom global finances were starting to look upwards. Hoorah! Party Time? Well yes, if you are a corporate fat cat or even just generally employed you can finally start to relax in knowledge that there are brighter days ahead.
22nd September 2009 | No Comments »
The Hip New Spot For Graduates To Hang Out
The Association of Graduate Recruiters has released its first results of the year and, unsurprisingly, it makes bleak reading. The AGR reports that…
“Vacancies have plummeted by 24.9% in the latest recruitment round approaching levels not seen since the last recession in 1991 and far exceeding the modest dip of 5.4% predicted by the same recruiters in February.”
Ouch…
6th July 2009 | No Comments »
To coincide with the release of our Tech Tribe report we got in touch with some of our Headboxers to give us an insight in to their lives during the recession. The first topic we approached them about was job hunting during the recession, has it been as bad as everyone makes it out to be? Or is it still a fruitful market for the young professional?
Here is what the Headboxers had to say:
“A few months ago i was trying to ignore the recession, i thought that it was still in firms best interests to hire graduates because in a year or two things hopefully will be looking a bit better and i didnt think
1st July 2009 | No Comments »
