Welcome to the WSO weekly wrap-up, where I talk with my team about the five most

trending discussions in the Wall Street Oasis community. Enjoy. All right, everybody, welcome to

another episode of the weekly wrap-up. This is becoming more of a monthly wrap-up. Apologies, saw you who do enjoy

these. But Matt has some, I think, what, three topics today we're going to talk about, Matt?

Yeah, three topics. Forms have been hot. It's been busy recruiting season. We know that January through

to April. So first topic, we're going to kick things off with guys. When the recruiting gets so

bad. It's a little bit of background here. Wharton grad just talking to the forums, given his experiences on just recruiting this year. Obviously, Pat, you've gotten to Wharton. So we're going to get your kind of feedback there in a bit. But let's hit Brian first. Brian, want to get some insights. Let's welcome Brian. Let's welcome Brian, new face here. Brian, want to give the listeners a little bit of background about your background?

Yeah, so went to liberal arts college, graduated Brian, want to give the listeners a little bit of background about your, your background?

Yeah, so went to liberal arts college, graduated in 2018, started my time in IB at Evercore in New York,

doing primarily M&A advisory before transitioning over to PE.

You know, I focused on industrials and healthcare investing, And I just recently joined the Wall Street Oasis team here as the chief of staff. Boy, it's been, it's been a whirlwind. It's been about six or seven weeks now, officially, I think. And look, it's been it's been a lot of fun, excited to be on the pod. Right on. So let's just jump into it here, I guess, guys.

So when the recruiting gets so bad, Brian, we'll hit you up first.

Any insights on what you're seeing so far in the industry?

I know we've been doing a lot of interviews with the academy, hearing some people's experiences, but just want to kind of hear what you're seeing in the industry from like a recruiting standpoint. Yeah, look, I think, you know, 10 years ago when I was recruiting for the first time, I mean, it puts us back in like 2016, 2017, you know, definitely pre-COVID, right?

I think logically, you know, you would recruit your fall junior year, right?

So junior fall for your junior year, summer internship.

Seems logical enough, right?

Now, you know, having to pay attention to

investment banking, recruiting for the first time in like six or seven years, I'm coming back to

the game and realizing that now you have to apply as a, as a sophomore spring student for your

junior year summer internship. So nobody even knows if you've got a sophomore, you know, sophomore gig.

Wait a second. There, RBC opened in September. So fall sophomore year.

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