Monday @Mentions September 21, 2015

Happy Monday WSO! This is one of the best Monday @Mentions we've put together in awhile :-)

Upcoming webinars:

-Webinar: How to be successful in Wealth Management-- 7pm ET, 9/22/15
-Webinar: "Private Banking: Tips on the Summer Analyst Experience"-- 7pm ET, 9/23/15

Posts of the Week:

Advice From an Advisor to Senior Wall Streeters by @geoffblades". 19 SB's.
How do you CRUSH your interviews? by @geoffblades". 4 SB's.
Advice from an ex-IB MD - why aren't you getting those interviews? by @wilowallstreet". 2 SB's.

Discussion Topic of the Week:

Minimizing Time at Airports (Advice / Questions) by @TorontoMonkey1328". 43 comments +

Q&A of the Week:

First year associate with a CRE Investment Sales Firm, Q&A by @FirstPrize".

Comment of the Week:

This comment: by @7xEBITDA" in the post "Crisis 101: Tech Bubble. Are we in one or..?".

Success Story of the Week:

UG PE Analyst - 2.9 GPA, no internship, non-target by @Middle Market PE". 18 SB's.

Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:

1. @Human Capital" 245, 2. @DickFuld" 213, and 3. @moneymogul" with 156

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
@MadDog" - Generalist - 2nd Year Analyst
@jefro" - Industry/Coverage - 2nd Year Analyst

Asset Management
@mg2013" - Fixed Income - Investment Analyst

Hedge Fund
@billy_mays" - Other - 2nd Year Analyst

Corporate Development
@cojones321" - Manager

Real Estate
@RyanCRE" - Commercial - Broker

Legal
@KDog86" - Other

Other
@Sikes" - 1st Year Analyst
@bluesbreaker13" - 1st Year Analyst
@ConsultingQuant" - Business School
@geoffblades" - CEO

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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