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As a recruiter used to interviewing lots of candidates every day, you probably realize by now that some interviews go wrong purely because candidates are nervous and this makes you lose some really great hires in the process. It’s in your best interest to create a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere during the interview. This way you’ll allow candidates to show their best qualities, helping yourself to spot some real talent. Here are 6 tips on how to make candidates feel relaxed during a job interview.

LinkedIn recently released a report on the US staffing trends of the last four years, which has pin-pointed three key trends to incorporate into your business strategy for 2015. The report was based on LinkedIn’s fourth annual survey, which covered 11 countries, 1,994 staffing leaders and 300 million members; drawing conclusions about the recruitment industry in the US.

It’s been a long road to recovery, but the economy is finally bouncing back after the Great Recession. Businesses are growing, companies are hiring and quality talent is in high demand. For the skilled worker, the job market has shifted in their favour, and professionals everywhere are taking advantage. The findings of the sixth annual Job Seeker Nation Study by Jobvite explore the progression of the job market, the modern job seeker’s approach to job hunting, and what this means for the workforce in 2015.

Albert Einstein once said that “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” This advice also feeds constructively into the recruitment industry, with fairy tales holding a surprising number of lessons to hep recruiters win their happy endings.

Take a moment to think about how your job search has been going. Do you have difficulty finding the right copy of your resume to attach to an application? Are you forgetting to follow up on an application? Did you send your thank you letter three days late? Or do you simply feel like you have no idea about the status of your applications? If you’re answering yes to these questions, then you should take steps to get your job search organized. Here’s why this is crucial to finding a new job.

Over the past couple of decades technology has become wholly entwined with the completion of our day to day tasks. Many of us obsessively check our smartphones from dawn to dusk. I for one am guilty as charged.