No experience? No problem

We're famous guys and gals! Or at least @WallStreetOasis.com" is. Good luck to everyone doing PE recruiting this year, and congrats to those who have offers.

“It’s crazy,” said Patrick Curtis, who runs Wall Street Oasis, a financial careers website. “This timing definitely caught a lot of people by surprise.”

Read the article here:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-experience-no-pro…

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