Monday @Mentions September 29, 2014

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

Join us 6pm et Tuesday for a webinar entitled "Make Your Case: How to Ace consulting interviews". See more info here. There is another webinar on Wednesday eve (730pm et) entitled "Equity Research Interview Tips", more info here.

Post of the Week:

Guide to Corporate Finance Job titles- distinguishing between accounting and finance by @"marine13910". 6 SB's and counting.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

MSF Class of 2016, thanks to @"TNA" for getting this discussion / q&a going.

Comment of the Week:

This comment posted by @"DingDong08" in the thread "Too many damn feminine men Today?". 17 total SB's. + make sure to also check out @"ssits" comment on the next page.

Success story of the Week:

Accepted an Offer! - How non-targets can "make it" posted by @"Forrest", congratulations and thanks for sharing your story!.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @"DingDong08" 177, 2. @"TNA" 95, and 3. @"thebrofessor" with 90

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), 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
@Yakehito - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst
@Houston_OG - Generalist - 1st Year Analyst
@kidflash - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst
@CountryUnderdog - Generalist - Business School

Private Equity
@ManceRayder - Other - Partner

Commercial Banking
@hoosier1994 - Vice President

Consulting
@LIBOR - Consultant
@tabularasa823 - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Asset Management
@Derek0908 - Equities - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Real Estate
@Slothrop - Other - 3rd+ Year Associate
@copecre - Commercial - 1st Year Associate

Accounting
@crackjack - Tax - 1st Year Associate

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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