Here are 4 things you need to know about e-recruiting

It sparks a similarity with dating.

There seems to be a similarity between dating and recruiting with the rise of both online dating and e-recruiting, as screening solutions provider HireRight revealed in its latest study just in time for Valentine's Day.

The study noted four similarities between dating and recruiting nowadays including catfishing, getting references, playing hard to get, and following up.

"An excellent (sometimes, too-good-to-be-true) beefed up LinkedIn profile or CV, which eventually lacks substantiating explanations and proof points in person," HireRight cited, noting that this is very similar to the photoshopped images, make-believe heights and deceptive information aren’t that uncommon nowadays on a majority of dating profiles.

More so, the firm noted that the two are also similar in terms of getting references, given that recruiting now involves getting corporate contacts, backdoor references and background screening.

Check out the rest of the comparison in the infographic below: