Tuesday @Mentions, June 17, 2014

Happy Tuesday fellas, here are this week's @Mentions, and don't forget to join in the Webinar tonight entitled "Recruiting Strategies for International Students/Professionals". More info here.

Post of the Week:

Working in FIG (Financial Institutions Group) - An Overview. by @"WallStreetPlayboys". 50 silver bananas and counting, wow!

Discussion Topics of the Week:

AMA: I'm at the end of the WSO Rainbow and Profoundly Unhappy. It has 153 comments and counting.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @"Marcus_Halberstram" had a few of us laughing and collected 6 sb's.

Caption contest winner:
In our most recent contest, @"Option Monkey" won the contest, whether it was a caption or not it got 5 sb's, more than double that of anyone else

Troll of the week:
By @"opsdude": Almost got jumped near East Hampton, where do I avoid this - seems like everyone got the joke except for @"IlliniProgrammer" ;-)

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @"GoldenCinderblock" 169, 2. @"WallStreetPlayboys" 167, and 3. @"thebrofessor" with 126

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
@xxaa - Mergers and Acquisitions - Vice President

Private Equity
@Gunga Galoonga Looper - Other - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Consulting
@DesiBandar - Consulting – Manager
@deepdreamer - Consulting - Engagement Manager
@Governor Caesar - Consulting - 2nd Year Analyst
@brj - Business School

Hedge Fund
@valueisoverrated - Event Driven - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Sales & Trading
@Iamaterp - Fixed Income - Vice President

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.

Upcoming Events:

the NYC pre conference happy hour on June 27th, 8pm, hosted by @"In The Flesh".

Hong Kong will be having an event soon, hosted by @"Mcom", more info coming soon

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
@iamfromcanada - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst
@Darla - Corporate Banking - Business School

Equity Research
@saracen - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Consulting
@AnonymousConsultant - Consultant
@Jodiggaman - 2nd Year Analyst

Hedge Fund
@nyhedgefunder - Hedge Fund - Other - Vice President

Real Estate
@RE Dev - Commercial - Assistant Portfolio Manager
@GentlemanAndScholar - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Asset Management
@Aggmonkey - Equities - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@monkeypoo

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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