Being an employer is not easy. Many people considering starting a business already think they have a job and then they start to hire staff and realise they need to learn a whole new specialism. As wel...

To tip or not to tip. That is the question. Or is it? Should the question not simply be how much to tip? Clearly it depends on your experience in a restaurant, hotel, cruise ship or wherever it may be...

When considering a career choice, the mortality rate of an industry is not necessarily the first thing we think about. If we’re asked to name the world’s deadliest jobs most of us, I’m guessing, would...

Last week I wrote about the quality of work and whether people feel that the jobs they do make a difference. A new report covers the same issue from the other side of the coin, looking at the quality ...

It’s nice to be ahead of the curve, so when newspapers reported this week on a study of trick interview questions, published in the most recent edition of Applied Psychology, we at Two Rivers Recruitm...

I’m confused and I’m not afraid to admit it. This week it was revealed that Qantas Airways has taken a step closer to its goal of a non-stop flight from London to Sydney, making the fabled 20-hour rou...

Singers believe they contribute more to society than fashion designers while financial advisers feel the world would be better without them. Those are some of the surprising findings of an employment ...

You’ve applied for your dream job, you’ve been offered an interview and now you’re terrified. Your mind is filled with doubt that you’ll fail to impress your interviewers and fall at the final hurdle....

The penny dropped with employers a long time ago that old ways of recruiting staff were no longer working. Inviting applicants to send in their CVs, whittling them down to the best handful and then sp...

Aileen Carmelo is the friendly, ever-helpful receptionist behind the booking desk at the Alpine Slopes Lodge in Summit County, Colorado. The 36-year-old welcomes every guest with a warming smile and s...