3/19/18 - Monday @Mentions

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming, Meet Ups, Podcasts, Webinars & Webinar Rewinds:

Webinar: CFA - is it right for you? -- 9pm ET, 3/19/18
Webinar: What & What NOT to Say to Headhunters -- 9pm ET, 3/26/18
Podcast: Disrupting Real Estate -- Brendan Wallace -- 3/27/2018
Webinar: How to Make The Most of Your Summer Internship -- 9pm ET, 4/2/18

Posts of the Week:

What is the best career advice you ever received, and from whom? by @APAE". 41 SB’s.
Tips For Incoming FT Analysts That Did NOT Do an IB Internship by @GrandJury". 45 SB’s.
Is everyone's experience this brutal? by @AA777". 7 SB’s.
What are your interviewing red flags? by @dcrowoar". 12 SB’s.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Names - Do they affect job prospects/opportunities? by @eric9242". 71 comments.
****Updated Summer 2019 SA Open Applications**** by @DiscountedSmashFlow". 64 comments.
What is the best career advice you ever received, and from whom? by @APAE". 63 comments.
What ‘Rules’ have you set for yourself to save money? by @Tandem21". 49 comments.

Comment of the Week:

This comment by @Pussy galore" in the post “Is everyone's experience this brutal?”. 47 SB’s.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @APAE". 865, 2. @LReed" 862, and 3. @Troll - Aged 18 Years with 845.

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 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value). Without further ado:

Investment Banking
@Redacted" - Generalist - 1st Year Associate
@Bluestar_Airlines" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@Futures Trader Man" - Corporate Banking - 2nd Year Analyst
@Mike_Wags" Corporate Banking - 1st Year Analyst

Hedge Fund
@geniustai" Other - 1st Year Associate

Sales & Trading
@Whatever1984" - Fixed Incom - 2nd Year Analyst

Corporate Finance
@vik2000" - 3rd+ Year Analyst

Real Estate
@CRELA" - Commercial - 3rd+ 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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