"Are you a graduate, fantastic oppourtunities, £300 - £600 a week (OTE)"

Yes, I am a graduate, and yes I would love a fantastic opportunity! HOWEVER, I assure you that the average earnings are nowhere near what they promise they will be. OTE is On Target Earnings - so basically, the wage package you take home is based on the targets you've met and how many people you've managed to sign up to a charity etc.

Unfortunately, I've had two of these incidents in recent weeks. Urgh. I am not afraid to use their names on here either, I will name and shame the companies using graduates to 'pound the pavement' for nothing.

The first in Hull, is a company which me and friends have unfortunately interviewed with, and been hounded to go back and interview again with. One friend was lead to believe she would be a manager in 7 months and be on "like £700,000 a year!" her words, not mine. To which she received some lolling from me.

The name? TEMPEST ELITE MARKETING. You know that this cannot be legitimate as the building you're going to interview in, is in a back street and the office is a desk with a laptop and a phone. The shame. I sat there, knowing that this place was ridiculous, however, I applied with the hope of some interview experience. The man was called Quj or something, silent J i believe. He went through how the company streamlined everything so I could be a manager in about 12 months time, the same generic questions over and over again.

I left knowing that I would receive a phone call between 6pm and 10pm - who phones after 7pm, REALLY? They did phone, saw the number and just didn't pick up, they've tried since but I still, do not answer that phone.

What can I say, don't be fooled into thinking this is a real company who want to train you so that you're earning a decent wage over the year and therefore putting your degree which you've just spent £18,000 gaining to use. You're not. What advice I can offer is this, don't be fooled by every graduate scheme advertisement, look carefully, research the company and if you can try and find schemes with bigger more well known companies who open up their graduate schemes to hundreds of us every year.

It's an horrific time for anyone looking for work right now, and I feel for every person who wants and needs a job to provide for their family. To those who think it is their god given right to benefits, what can I say, you're a disgrace.