Monday @Mentions October 12, 2015

Happy Monday / Indigenous Peoples' Day WSO. It's a public holiday here in Argentina, one of 15 during the year (Argentina is ranked for 5th in the world for most holidays).

Upcoming webinars:

Webinar: Advice for East Indians Rounding Out Their B-School Profile -- 7pm ET, 10/13/15 (link coming soon)
-Webinar: How To Turn 64% Of Your Interviews Into Offers -- 6pm ET, 10/14/15

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

3 techniques for crushing work marathons, 10/14/2015
Back Office to Front Office - How to Make the Transition, 10/15/2015

Posts of the Week:

Another take on OCR recruiting (the ones that did everything right) by @Mephistopheles". 13 SB's.
5 ways a career on WS is not what it used to be by @geoffblades". 11 SB's.

Discussion Topics of the Week:

What is family life like in finance? by @Human Capital". 34 comments.

The Truth About Online Dating by @Going Concern". 22 comments.
Where do you think we are in the cycle? by @picklemonkey". 18 comments.

AMA of the Week:

AMA - Corp Dev (F500) with a non-traditional background and b school by @NHst". 3 SB's.

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @Dingdong08" in the post "What is family life like in finance?".

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @KREBSCYCLEOMG" 304, 2. @DickFuld" 240, and 3. @geoffblades" with 210

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:

Investment Banking
@theLostnDamned" - Mergers and Acquisitions - 2nd Year Analyst
@Texas2016" – Industry/Coverage - 1st Year Analyst

Asset Management
@RoyalT" - Fixed Income - Vice President
@mlella" - Equities - 2nd Year Analyst

Equity Research
@SvenS" - 1st Year Analyst

corporate finance
@Withoutapaddle" – Other

Consulting
@ar010490" – Consultant
@ConsultingGuy89" – Other

Real Estate
@REfinance2011" - Other - 2nd Year Associate
@makecents" - Commercial - 1st Year Associate

Accounting
@SearedSalmon" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Other
@Cmoss" - Manager
@oxfordsnotbrogues" - 3rd+ Year Associate
@GetAJob08" – Other
@datguy345" – 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.