Monday @Mentions June 15, 2015

Upcoming events:

Webinar: Setting yourself up for success in Corporate Finance -- 7pm ET, 6/15/15
Webinar: Lessons learned from ditching the corporate life, 10 years later -- 7pm ET, 6/17/15
Webinar: Consulting Case Discussion -- 7pm ET, 6/21/15

Posts of the Week:

New To Formal Fashion? Start Here. PT1 by @EnergyHOU". 25 SB's.

Lateraling Guide by @Sil". 13 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Bad Luck Justin - Barclays Banker Loses Two Jobs in One Week by @Lou", 47 comments.

A girl on tumblr wrote a guide on targeting different types of bankers for money by @Cami19", 108 comments.

Are MBAs becoming less important? by @MBAGrad2015", 40 comments.

What would you do with 100 mil? by @cre123". 57 comments.

Q&A of the Week:

Lateraling Guide by @Sil". 13 SB's.
 Q&A: Restructuring Analyst at Top BB by @Zala". 3 SB's.

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), ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless) and iii) a free ticket to attend the 2014 WSO Annual Conference in New York on June 28 ($200 Value!). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@abacab" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Associate
@Gautier"-Winther - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@Zala" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@WSO1212" - LBOs - 3rd Year Associate

Asset Management
@dazedmonk" - Other – Other
@m11111-." - Other - Other

Hedge Fund
@nm001g" – Other – 3rd Year Analyst

Investment Advisor
@CHItizen" - 2nd Year Associate

Consulting
@chui250" - Senior Consultant

Other
@Ovechkin08" - 2nd Year Analyst
@alphamale" – CEO

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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