Dear Fellow Primates,
(My apologies if this is the 2nd time you are receiving the Fall 2007 newsletter)
A lot has changed since the last newsletter. The most obvious is the name of our community... iBankingOasis.com is now WallStreetOasis.com. I thought it was only fair to make all finance professionals feel welcome since there are already many private equity professionals, traders, consultants, etc. part of the community providing useful advice in the forums.
There are MANY new features to announce so lets get to it:
New Job Section at http://www.WallStreetOasis.com/Jobs
Come apply to jobs in Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Asset Management, Equity Research and more. Below are the jobs that have already been posted in just a few days:
1. Investment Banking Associate, London - Investment Banking
2. Associate, Palm Beach - Investment Banking
3. Vice President, Palm Beach - Investment Banking
4. Financial Services Hedge Fund Analyst, Washington - Hedge Funds
5. Associate Equity Research Analyst, New York - Equity Research
6. Insurance Analyst, Washington - Hedge Funds
7. Technology Analyst, St. Louis - Asset Management
8. Healthcare Analyst, St. Louis - Asset Management
9. Institutional Equity Sales, Cleveland - Sales & Trading
10. Michael Page International Consultant, Stamford - Consulting, Sales & Trading
11. Pre- MBA Associate- Tech VC Fund, SF - Venture Capital
If you are a recruiter and you want to post a job, all you have to do is sign in or register and you can post as many as you want for free to reach thousands of candidates waiting to apply. (http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/jobs). I am making it free until the end of the year so take advantage. Also, the new job section makes it very easy to track all the jobs you've posted and the applicants that have applied. Any questions, please email Recruit at WallStreetOasis.com
New Links Section
Check out our new Links section which has various subcategories to help you navigate to useful sites across the web including:
- Other Finance Blogs
- Training Sites
- Recruiters...and more
If you want to Add a Link, you can do so in about 20 seconds by clicking on the Add Your Link! block in the upper right hand corner. Once a moderator approves it, the link will be live.
Recent Posts Tool
"The Recent Posts" tool in the yellow navigation bar will soon allow you to track all recent posts by forum, by author and by type of post. It is great way to quickly search through what members are currently discussing.
Archives Tool
Want to check back and see what members were saying last year about bonuses? The archive tool in the yellow navigation bar is an easy way to look back through the database of knowledge that has been collected over the past 1.5 years.
"Track" Other Members
Does a particular monkey give good advice? Not only will you be able to sort posts by author/user in the Recent Posts, but you can already track all of a user's posts by clicking on that user's name and clicking the "Track" tab.
My blog
Have something to say? Want to develop a following like Bankerella (you can see a lot of her great posts in the Forum of Fame at http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/forumoffame)? ...
Well then say it! Start your own blog on WallStreetOasis.com for all of your fellow monkeys to enjoy. It's already set up for you. Just click on "My blog" in the upper left hand corner in your user block and start typing away. I will make my best effort to promote any entries to the front page of the site that are entertaining / useful. Other users can easily use RSS to subscribe to your blog so they know when you've posted something new.
RSS
Speaking of RSS, you can now subscribe to various areas of the site quickly and easily through RSS - get notified immediately when a member posts a topic under your favorite forum or when your favorite user posts a new blog entry. You'll also now notice that if you find a particular thread or topic useful, you can e-mail that thread to any friend you want straight from the site.
COMING SOON
I feel like I've been promising these forever, but here it goes.
1. Certification / Verification Tag - ie, provide some sort of verification that allows users to become a "Certified Member of WSO" by providing a work e-mail and username. I am still working through how to "tag" users graphically so it will be easy to tell who is certified (ie, who is out of school vs. in the industry)
2. More video content. A short video blog delving into some of the more controversial topics discussed on the board will hopefully get launched in the coming months.
3. Contests - keep collecting bananas by Inviting Friends (10 each invite that registers!) because they could be worth something one day if I ever get around to creating a fun contest.
4. The Store has new WSO apparel you can show off in your cube when you come into the office on the weekends. Release your inner monkey!
5. Many other features in the works to make your experience better and the community stronger.
Please keep making suggestions in the Site Suggestions Forum -- I am dedicated to making this site the most entertaining and useful community for finance professionals. I want to thank you for your patience and support throughout this upgrade process. Luckily, I will now be able to provide you with a lot more interactive, entertaining and useful features in the future.
Stay Strong,
Patrick
WallStreetOasis.com
...Where Monkeys Come to Play
ps - I also want to thank Vincent, my web developer at BASICMAGIC.net for plowing through these improvements during a tough time.
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