Monday @Mentions June 29, 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

Webinar: Transitioning from the military to a top MBA -- 8pm ET, 6/30/15
Webinar: How to survive the trading floor as a junior in a dying market -- 430pm ET, 7/1/15
Webinar: How to become a Certified Financial Planner -- 830pm ET, 7/2/15

Posts of the Week:

Eight Habits of Top Bucket IBD Summers by @TorontoMonkey1328". 16 SB's.
Demystifying BAAM (Blackstone) by @Kimura". 9 SB's.
Helping Others Grow by @Stalagmite". 7 SB's.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

How I use books to prevent burnout (plus my top 5 from the past year) by @Alistair-Clark". 30 comments and counting.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @DickFuld" 475, 2. @Dingdong08" 383, and 3. @cre" with 360

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
@TorontoMonkey1328" - Industry/Coverage - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@AllBoutTheU" - Generalist - 3rd Year Analyst
@gowings0" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@I Invest" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@HarvardOrBust" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@JRODG" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@AS339" - Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst
@JJSaurel" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Analyst

Private Equity
@3 handicap" - LBOs – Associate

Sales & Trading
@Patrick-McKenna" - Fixed Income - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Asset Management
@BlueWing" - Equities - 1st Year Analyst

Equity Research
@Flake" - 3rd Year Associate
@ManzielsMoneyPhone" - 2nd Year Associate

Risk Management
@CorpFinHopeful" - 1st Year Analyst

Corporate Strategy
@EKTInteractive" - Senior Consultant

corporate finance
@Darthwar" - 3rd+ Year Associate

Investment Advisor
@JulianRobertson" - 2nd Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@Loki777" - 1st Year Associate
@qbison" - 3rd Year Analyst

Consulting
@vanillathunder" - Associate Consultant

Real Estate
@cre123" - Commercial - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Accounting
@Acctguru11" - Other - 1st Year Associate

Other
@bozza" - 1st Year Analyst
@littleredman" – Other
@RedRage" - Other

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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