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I don't know if you can qualify them as necessarily "better" than a document editor simply because the advantage of a resume creator is in its design capabiliti
by yolesaber 14y ago
I don't know if you can qualify them as necessarily "better" than a document editor simply because the advantage of a resume creator is in its design capabilities.
For those who are uninitiated with graphic design, having an app that can pump out a sleek, modern-looking resume is worth the money. It just comes down to aesthetics. Personally, I use LaTex to create my resume.
And to address the OP's question, I'm sure that is one motivation. But you also have to take into account that a resume-builder is one of the simplest web-apps you could build.
- factorialboy 14y agoI completely agree. Perhaps some of these startups assess that LinkedIn is too "corporate" and too complex for creative or younger folks and are trying to tap into that market. But most of these startups are: * Build your resume with us, its really easy * Buy our templates * Maintain multiple resumes etc. These are services that job sites probably already offer. I just haven't been able to explain the surge of numbers of these resume building startups.. :-/ Full disclosure: I freelanced for one such startup earlier this year..
- samstave 14y agoThis Is where about.me really missed the mark - they could have done something much more amazing in this space. Their pages were so damn one dimensional though, that it is useless. But they STILL got bought for something like twenty million.