WSO Weekly Wrap-Up 07/27 - 08/02

In case you missed them, here's some of last week's most popular topics:

What not to put in a cover letter/resume

I received a cover letter, resume, and some other related collateral (a supposed 'research' report) relatively recently from a cold-emailer that I thought was worth highlighting, because it has some prime examples of what not to say/write to anyone ever.

How to crush your informational interview

So summer is winding to a close and recruiting season is rapidly approaching. Monkeys will be dusting off their resumes with the hopes of securing interviews and eventually offers from the jobs of their choosing.

Study says-- Always Go for an Easy 'A'

This should give more hope to those of us at non-targets... Can you taste the irony?.

Does Wall St Have Some of America's Best (Non-Pro) Athletes?

As a former college athlete, when I saw Bloomberg's recap of the RBC decathlon, my interest was thoroughly piqued. The event, partnered with Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center, raised over a million dollars for an incredibly worthy cause, pediatric cancer research, through a competition in ten events: 40 yard dash, 400 meter run, 800 meter run, 20 yard shuttle, pull ups, dips, bench press, 500 meter row, vertical jump, and the football throw.

F*ck the CEO these 3 people can help you more

For a lot of you, the very title of this article probably has you choking on your silver spoon. Shame on you. One of the most important realizations I have come upon since I began my career is it is the people that can’t help further your career in any way that actually have the ability to make your day to day life easier.

How to block your employer's monitoring

If you work in investment banking, odds are your employer monitors your Internet usage and probably blocks your access to certain sites (some cretinous firms even block WSO!).

Interview lesson: never swear

After successfully making it to the final round of interviews with the Sr. Finance Manager at a F50, and navigating through to a role that was perfectly suited for me, I blew it.

Day in the Life: Commercial real estate broker

Ever wonder what you do as a commercial real estate broker? The truth is, it’s really hard to do a “day in the life” post for the position because no two days are alike.

Investing in Cannabis

As a white anglo-saxon protestant male with a degree in finance and an MBA, I’m about as far from the counterculture as they come. I’ve never touched a cigarette except to clean up someone else’s litter; my lifelong alcohol consumption is probably somewhere between 4-8 ounces; and the only narcotics I’ve ever enjoyed were post-surgical and came in a little orange bottle from a licensed physician.

Lifestyle: The number 1 killer of traders

We hear a great deal these days about what we can and can’t afford. Of course when you hear it from the lips of a politician you know exactly what he means: you can’t afford that unless it was my idea….then you need to scale up...by a trillion or so.

Tons of Interviews and no job

So I've delayed grad school for a year due to some unforeseen reason and I decided I wanted to move on from my current job. So by my count, in the last 3 months, I've had 6 interviews, but no job as of yet.

How to make VP in PE

A few weeks ago, I shut down my ThinkPad for the last time, turned in my security badge, and said farewell to my colleagues – and to private equity.