Monday @Mentions September 2, 2014

Happy Monday WSO! Hope you had a great holiday weekend.

Upcoming events:

Join us tonight at 8pm et tonight for a webinar entitled "IB to Corporate Development". See more info here.

Post of the Week:

Non-Target to [Insert Goal Here] by @"Marcus_Halberstram". 16 sb's. Seems like I'm mentioning Marcus on here almost every week :-).

Also check out 760 on GMAT -- Game Plan by @"noname", very helpful advice for GMAT study.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

Should Burger King Acquire Tim Hortons? posted by @"Maria-Kay", 74+ comments and counting.

Comment of the Week:

The first two comments posted by @"IlliniProgrammer" in the thread "Best Midwest MBA for Value". 5 total sb's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 7 days:

1. @"thebrofessor" 123, 2. @"noname" 82, and 3. @"Dingdong08" with 70

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 Advisor
@Rando - 3rd+ Year Associate

Hedge Fund
@jointbooksright - Other - 1st Year Associate

corporate finance
@MBA_Junkie - 2nd Year Analyst

Real Estate
@odog808 - Other - 3rd+ Year Associate
@jlk5500 - Commercial - 3rd+ Year Analyst
@RealEstateNerd - Commercial - 1st Year Analyst

Prop Trading
@optrader47 - Other

Asset Management
@cheesebeans - Fixed Income - 1st 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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