Monday @Mentions December 7th 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: BO to MO: Maximizing Your Experience -- 730pm ET, 12/7/15
-Webinar: Careers in Equity Research -- 2pm ET, 12/8/15

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Secondary Markets and how the careers differ from direct PE / investing, 12/8/2015
Consulting Case + Q&A, 12/9/2015
Specific Tips to Improve Your Networking (email, LinkedIn, phone, in-person etc), 12/11/2015
Consulting Case Seminar, 12/12/2015

Posts of the Week:

The 24 Interview Lessons I Learned on the Way to Getting My First Full Time Job by @canarydwarf". 20 SB's.
The Truth About Work-Life Balance by @Alistair-Clark". 12 SB's.
How To Win Friends And Influence People by @wilowallstreet". 9 SB's.
The Importance of Thinking Big by @wilowallstreet". 7 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Claremont McKenna MSF Closing by @TNA". 24 comments.

$m or $mm by @SSits". 29 comments.

Q&A of the Week:
Q&A First Year Wharton MBA by @Xepa". 7 SB's.
Q&A: Big Four Valuation Associate - Deciding Whether This Job Is Right For You by @SeekingAlpha180". 10 SB's.
REPE - Questions / Day to Day by @MIWP1989MI". 4 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @DickFuld" in the post "The Truth about Finance/Business Majors, and Everyone Wanting to go into "IB/PE"".

I love getting hammered, boning, and rolling in piles of money, as well as shitting on the little people. Seems like I found my calling.

Success Story of the Week:

SA Interview Prep Techniques by @bmlswish". 9 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 570, 2. @Dingdong08" 416, and 3. @CRE" with 291

See where you rank here.

New WSO Certified Users:

I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week. Welcome to the club. Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile. All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most. As WSO Certified Users, they get i) 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value) and ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@JonnyPi" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@Coke Chimp" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst
@Walker Texas Banker" - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@jl3vy" - Other - 2nd Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@lewiz" - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Consulting
@SeekingAlpha180" - 2nd Year Associate

Asset Management
@Fisherman" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

corporate finance
@NoseOnTheGrindStone" - 1st Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@bermy" – Director

Corporate Strategy
@weksos23" - 2nd Year Analyst

Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club? E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.

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