I 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

I 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..