Yahoo Kickstart just launched a few days ago and it looks very promising, especially with the saturation of functions that many of the social networking sites have, which only serves as clutter that hides the purpose that companies that use these sites for. Facebook is one of the websites where there are just too many functions, and the direction at which it is going is not clear, which is probably why Yahoo is confident of pulling their newest brainchild off.

Kickstart is, at the most basic level, a social networking site – but it is defining a purpose that has not been filled by any other website of this nature to network people at the professional-career level. It aims to be the place where people will go to for more serious matters such as job-searching, showcasing their resume collaboration with other professionals for projects and mentorship.

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