Monday @Mentions February 22nd 2016

Happy Monday WSO!

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: Stock Pitch/Valuation Webinar -- 5pm ET, 2/22/16
-Webinar: Private Equity Case -- 5pm ET, 2/23/16
-Webinar: Consulting Case -- 5pm ET, 2/24/16
-Webinar: IB Deal Walkthrough -- 5pm ET, 2/25/16
-Webinar: Hedge Fund Investment Pitch -- 3pm ET, 2/28/16

Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):

Investment Banking Deal Walk-Through, 2/24/2016
Build a Network That You Can Turn into IB/PE Offers, 2/25/2015

Posts of the Week:

Investment Banking to Private Equity - 6 Things You Should Know by @I Invest". 23 SB's.
How to get the MD to push your resume by @1234bama". 8 SB's.
The Biggest Mistakes Even Great Employees Make by @UTDFinanceGuy". 7 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

Life at smaller firms by @yankss101". 18 comments.

Dreaded "prior comp" question by @WSO54321". 16 comments.
How Charles Schwab's CEO figures out what kind of person you are as a job candidate by @PEREtzel". 12 comments.

AMA of the Week:

BB Operations MD AMA by @1234bama". 9 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @MBAApply" in the post "With sponsorship, how much does school prestige matter?".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Dingdong08" 479, 2. @CRE" 310, and 3. @Managerette" with 253.

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) and ii) access to the private Certified User chat room to network with other professionals (priceless). Without further ado:

Equity Research
@Fanalyst” - Vice President

Real Estate
@coolhandlucas” - Commercial – Developer
@pere797” - Commercial - Developer
@M7BrickLayer” - Commercial – Manager
@CREF1524” - Commercial - 2nd Year Analyst
@CRE-Finance” - Commercial - 2nd Year Analyst
@Ricky Rosay” - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Accounting
@meenyus” - Audit – Assistant

Other
@ebbitten” - Other - 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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