So after discussing different WSO Premium Package offerings last month with the community here, we decided to go forward and create three options. The Platinum Program, the Gold Package and the Silver Package.
You can get to the descriptions and comparison grid either by clicking the Premium tile next to the WSO logo (we moved the company database tile to "Firms" under the main navigation)...or going right here: WSO Premium Packages
We are very excited to offer these new deals to our loyal members.
Over the years we have developed very strong products and services to help job applicants succeed. These packages take multiple angles to ensure you know how to network and are ready for your tough interviews.
They include our famous WSO Resume and cover letter review, career consultations, mock interviews, financial modeling training, our best interview guides as well as the WSO Video Library and WSO Job Board. In other words, they include everything we have to offer and in the case of the Platinum Program, they include even more....
I hope you guys will help us get the word out - I know we are in the middle of recruiting season so these couldn't come out fast enough (trust me, we were working hard behind the scenes to get them ready!)
Would love to hear your feedback. Thanks guys!
Patrick
Daaamn, that's baller.
Damn, so the platinum package is only available to seniors. What about us graduates that are unemployed, anything in the near future for us?
TheKid1, the Platinum Program is only available to seniors because we feel like we can add the most value at that stage in the process when they should be starting FT recruiting. It's much harder to break in as an analyst if you are way off cycle.
However, if you meet all of the other criteria and for some good reason missed the boat on FT recruiting, we would at least consider you, but it's not who we are targeting so I can't promise you'd be accepted.
The Gold and Silver packages are still available to graduates that are unemployed and can definitely help polish you as an applicant.
Either way, best of luck! Patrick
-mikesswimn
@mikesswimn thanks for the thoughts....rather than complicate things with another package, we'd be more open to relaxing the "senior only" restriction as I mentioned in my previous comment.
The Gold Package is still an option for the older crowd that is not in the typical recruting cycle. We are willing to work with students from non-targets and semi-targets that show promise, but to open us up to completely non-traditional candidates is way too big a task right now.
We're still a small team and the Platinum Program is designed for a small group so that we can deliver exceptional service and get them placed.
Well, I am not really a recent graduate. I graduated in 2012 and had a temp, but finished in June. So I'm thinking that I wouldn't be accepted to the program.
Whilst I understand the need to start monetizing this website after having reached the critical mass of users I am slightly disappointed by the recent WSO trend to make more and more $$$. I think one of the key differentation factor was that this was very much a community and by introducing more and more $$$ services it will progressively change the nature of the website. I'll still follow it but definitely crossed the yellow line for me...still best of luck to any applicant as always...but better if you can do this without spending $8k...
No one is putting a gun to your head to spend money. You have at your hands a treasure trove of FREE information provided by the WSO community. It's up to you if you need additional resources and whether or not you are willing to pay for it. Patrick's gotta eat too.
Absolutely, I don't disagree with that at all, it just feels like we keep seeing more and more of these...obviously a lot of can be learnt just through this website and I value this very much, don't misunderstand my comment.
thanks for the feedback. When you say more and more of "these"...do you mean ads in general on the site or programs like The Platinum Program?
I was referring more to the packages, mentoring services, etc... Let me clarify my comments through by saying that there is no doubt that there is a market for it and that it can also benefits a lot of students who might not have the right background or knowledge to land the right job but who have the right skills, and that happens a lot (e.g. non target, few finance people in entourage,...). So I see value in these services. It's just that for me WSO is more of a community, forum, discussions where you have quite a incredible diversity in terms of industries (consulting, banking, PE, HF) but also in levels (no experience to very experienced individuals), and the repetition of these offers on the website slightly annoys me, maybe because I am not the target for these and that I am not interested in it. In the same way another annoying thing is also the way old articles or posts are re-engineered and re-published on the front page, I think there are a lot of on-going conversations that could be on the front page as well as regular articles from people writing for WSO (this is a great addition by the way). As said before this is just my opinion and it might be that I am the only one in this seat but I felt I should mention it.
Antmavel, please point us in the direction of similar services.
As far as I know, only self-study/class modeling programs exist. Nothing as comprehensive as this new WSO package.
so expensive
as duff said patricks got to eat -- and i think the services that are being rolled out are worth it if you so choose to engage in them -- hes not trying to make u pay 10 cents per post or anything
suggestion : add an MBA level tier for top MBAs looking to break into PE or HF or other significantly hard roles and change their package to 3k+10 percent of salary? :D
We'd consider that but again, it isn't our target market since I don't think we can add as much value to top tier MBAs that already theoretically have access to a great network to land informational and first round interviews.
I still think the Gold and Silver package are solid investments to prep yourself for recruiting season (and can be used by MBAs), but the Platinum Program is a different beast altogether that obviously costs a lot more for a reason.
gold and silver packages are definitely great. but that application to platinum serves a screening mechanism.
im just saying if wso doesnt think a person is a "workable" material toward that person's aspired career, that person might need tons of work to do or forget about finance for now...
i think ppl should apply for the platinum package first. if not accepted, don't even bother with gold and silver
Yay this is my first post on this website :D I read the discussions here on WSO religiously!
So I just graduated this June 2013, and I meet all the other criteria. I live in Lebanon, where there are only 5 local investment banks that don't operate on huge levels or professionally, if I may say. So basically, I'm willing to join any top tier investment bank anywhere around the globe. Am I considered out of the target bracket of the Platinum package?
P.S. What's the traveling once per 3 months about?
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