Click Picks
106 useful web sites for the class of 2006

Hatch has scoured the Internet for the most useful, practical and intriguing sites for college graduates.

The top sites chosen by HATCH editors from the following coverage areas are listed below: career, shelter, money, education, culture, health, technology, travel, entertainment, dating & relationships, shopping and reference.

CAREER
CBCampus (www.cbcampus.com)
MonsterTrak (www.monstertrak.com)
CollegeJournal (www.collegejournal.com)
CareerBuilder.com (www.careerbuilder.com)
HotJobs (www.hotjobs.com)
NetParty (www.netparty.com)
LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com)
Vault (www.vault.com)
CollegeGrad.com (www.collegegrad.com)
mediabistro.com (www.mediabistro.com)
Overheard in the Office (www.overheardintheoffice.com)
SimplyHired (www.simplyhired.com)
Simply Fired (www.simplyfired.com)

SHELTER
Sperling's Best Places (www.bestplaces.net)
ApartmentRatings.com (www.apartmentratings.com)
Find Your Spot (www.findyourspot.com)
Roommates.com (www.roommates.com)
Apartments.com (www.apartments.com)
RelocationCentral (www.relocationcentral.com)
IKEA (www.ikea.com)
not martha (www.notmartha.org)
Target (www.target.com)

MONEY
The Motley Fool (www.fool.com)
Salary.com (www.salary.com)
MyRichUncle (www.myrichuncle.com)
LowerMyBills.com (www.lowermybills.com)
E*TRADE (www.etrade.com)
PayPal (www.paypal.com)
Sallie Mae (www.salliemae.com)
TaxCut (www.taxcut.com)

EDUCATION
Thefacebook (www.thefacebook.com)
RateMyProfessors.com (www.ratemyprofessors.com)
Kaplan (www.kaplan.com)
uPromise (www.upromise.com)
FastWeb (www.fastweb.com)
The College Board (www.collegeboard.com)
The Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com)

CULTURE
MySpace (www.myspace.com)
Craigslist (www.craigslist.org)
Flickr (www.flickr.com)
Evite (www.evite.com)
CitySearch (www.citysearch.com)
Friendster (www.friendster.com)
Daily Candy (www.dailycandy.com)
Tickle (www.tickle.com)
LiveJournal.com (www.livejournal.com)
43 Things (www.43things.com)
Meetup (www.meetup.com)
QuarterlifeCrisis.com (www.quarterlifecrisis.com)
All Recipes (allrecipes.com)
dresskevin.com (www.dresskevin.com)
Help Me, Harlan! (www.helpmeharlan.com)

HEALTH
food411.com (www.food411.com)
WebMD (www.webmd.com)
Yahoo! Health (health.yahoo.com)
FitDay (www.fitday.com)
National Insitute of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov)
MyFoodDiary.com (www.myfooddiary.com)

TECH
Download.com (www.download.com)
Wired (www.wired.com)
CNET (www.cnet.com)
SlashDot (www.slashdot.org)
Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Blogger (www.blogger.com)
ThinkGeek (www.thinkgeek.com)
Technorati (www.technorati.com)

TRAVEL
IgoUgo (www.igougo.com)
SideStep (www.sidestep.com)
GORP.com (www.gorp.com)
Roadtrip America (www.roadtripamerica.com)
Contiki (www.contiki.com)
Roadfood.com (www.roadfood.com)
Roadside America (www.roadsideamerica.com)
Expedia (www.expedia.com)
Pilot Guides (www.pilotguides.com)

ENTERTAINMENT
YouTube (www.youtube.com)
Moviefone (www.moviefone.com)
iTunes (www.itunes.com)
PartyPoker.com (www.partypoker.com)
Netflix (www.netflix.com)
Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
The Smoking Gun (www.thesmokinggun.com)
The 80s Server (www.80s.com)
Napster (www.napster.com)
JibJab (www.jibjab.com)
Podcast Bunker (www.podcastbunker.com)
Gawker (www.gawker.com)

DATING & RELATIONSHIPS
8minuteDating (www.8minutedating.com)
Nerve (www.nerve.com)
Match.com (www.match.com)
eHarmony (www.eharmony.com)
The Knot (www.theknot.com)
JDate.com (www.jdate.com)

SHOPPING
Epinions.com (www.epinions.com)
PriceGrabber.com (www.pricegrabber.com)
Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)
Amazon (www.amazon.com)
Half.com (www.half.com)
eBay (www.ebay.com)
Kelley Blue Book (www.kbb.com)

REFERENCE
Google (www.google.com)
Mapquest (www.mapquest.com)
Dictionary.com (www.dictionary.com)
Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com)
Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)

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This list was compiled by Hatch editors and contributors.