Monday @Mentions March 23, 2015

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming events:

Webinar: PE Recruiting Best Practices -- 7pm ET, 3/23/15
Webinar: Co-investments / FoFs: how this model is different and the skills it offers to a young professional. -- 7pm ET, 3/25/15
Webinar: Career Switching - From Engineering to Banking - My Story -- 730pm ET, 3/26/15

Post of the Week:

Response to "My Private Equity Recruiting Process" by @"NorthSider". 8 SB's.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

Is Anyone Going to Buy the iWatch? posted by @"e.bit.da". 70 comments and counting.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @dickfuld in the post "Would You Respect a Female Boss?"

Q&A of the Week:

Finished Busy Season in B4 Audit: Q&A by @"Lester Freamon". 4 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @"DickFuld" 117, 2. @"Easy C" 91, and 3. @"Random Name" with 74

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
@matt5488 - Mergers and Acquisitions - 1st Year Associate
@pubfinanalyst - Public Finance - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Private Equity
@fifa343 - LBOs - 3rd+ Year Associate
@CrimJC - Other - 2nd Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@EnergyHOU - Macro – Partner
@Briefcase - Other - 1st Year Analyst

Commercial Banking
@Passionate.Monkey - 2nd Year Analyst

Consulting
@RegAndCompliance - 2nd Year Analyst

Real Estate
@shredsled - Commercial - 3rd+ Year Associate

Risk Management
@superandy241 - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@MikeB0351 - Assistant Vice President
@MilitaryToFinance - 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.