Monday @Mentions July 6th 2015

Happy Monday WSO, hope you all had a great 4th!

Upcoming events:

Webinar: BB TMT Associate - Week in the Life, Monday June 6th, 730pm ET
Webinar: Masters in Finance vs an MBA, July 8th, 430pm ET
Webinar: TMT Investing - Everything you need to know, July 9th, 830pm ET

Webinar Rewind - Is an MBA worth it for you? July 6th
Webinar Rewind - Rewind - Recruiting in Europe for IB with an MS in Finance Degree, July 7th
Webinar Rewind - The Secrets of Peak Productivity, July 8th

Posts of the Week:

3 Myths About Excellence That I Used to Believe by @Deconstructing Excellence". 16 SB's.
Notes from a Girl in Consulting (and Finance) by @AtypicalMonkey". 8 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Woman Awarded $18M in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Wall Street Boss by @tackytech". 47+ comments.
How do you guys deal with negative press about finance? by @sben3726". 46+ comments.

Q&A of the Week:

Ask Natalie from Accepted about Business School Admissions by @Natalie_Accepted". 4 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" with 472, 2. @Dingdong08" with 374, and 3. @sil" with 315

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
@Halpin11" - Treasury - 3rd Year Analyst
@chronk" - Treasury - 2nd Year Analyst

Private Equity
@Capitol86" - LBOs - 2nd Year Associate
@mtnmmnn" - LBOs - 2nd Year Associate

Sales & Trading
@Chewie" - Other - Vice President

Asset Management
@saxxyman" - Other - Associate Consultant
@Randy Quaid" - Other - 3rd Year Associate
@celtics2007" - Other - 1st Year Associate
@CFACandidateLevel1" - Equities - 1st Year Analyst
@Greyhair" - Fixed Income - 1st Year Analyst
@23mishima" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst
@ramadjaffri" - Equities - 1st Year Analyst
@BillyRay05" - Fixed Income - Research Analyst

corporate finance
@YoshiIsAwesome" - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Investment Advisor
@RedBarron" - Other

Corporate Strategy
@cob5" – Other
@BBFinHead" – Other

Consulting
@KenB" – Partner

Real Estate
@kmzz" - Other - 3rd+ Year Associate
@chhedar" - Commercial - 1st Year Associate

Other
@Ivy Leaguer" - Business School

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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