artickles
Artickles is ticklemybrain's advice and resource area where our writers address topics and issues affecting professionals today. In the name of simplicity, our posts are categorized by their self explanatory titles: find your job, love your job and leave your job. Marvel in our step by step advice on anything and everything related to the working world.
on judgment day
illuminative post by Stephanie Nehme on 04 July 2012
You graduated from university and sighed with relief -- you would never be graded again. How is it that you were not warned of this elusive yearly meeting where you are motioned into a room and told why you are or are not the shining beacon among your peers. The culmination of your yearly accomplishments in a company or lack thereof make up the backbone of your yearly performance review. It is indeed frustrating to see a bad performance review and while it does not necessarily mean you are getting fired it is not something to be brushed under the ...
look back
cool, calm and collected
illuminative post by Lara Atallah on 06 February 2012
It doesn't matter what we do for a living. Whether we are an employee who answers back to a whole line of superiors, a manager running an entire show or an entrepreneur preparing a website for launching - there always comes a time where we begin to feel overwhelmed by the mounting pressure, the pressing deadlines and the unbearable clients. In times like these, when it all becomes just too ...
a nightmare on wall street ~ part two
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 15 November 2011
A downward spiral in stock markets witnessed around the world and a decline in global consumer wealth estimated in the trillions; the financial crisis definitely took its toll. ticklemybrain's previous artickle explained how deregulation led to the financial sector's rise in power and allowed predatory lending to reach its peak. Following this, it somehow got a little more corrupt and little more complicated:11. borrow to buy: Lenders were enticing borrowers to ...
a nightmare on wall street ~ part one
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 15 November 2011
It’s about time we all knew who the bad guys were. In September of 2008, the bankruptcy of the US investment bank, Lehman Brothers, and the collapse of the largest insurance company on earth, American International Group (AIG), triggered a global economic recession that damaged financial institutions internationally, cost the world tens of trillions of dollars and left 30 million people unemployed. This larger than life conspiracy was no accident and is rooted ...
promotion potions
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 28 September 2011
Your boss informs you that a promotion just won’t be happening this year. As you shrug your shoulders and walk away, you may be inclined to blame the recession for your woes. Well, with some companies rising from the dead to pursue growth, you might have to shift the blame to yourself: your disheveled look, consistently late strolls into the office, or overbearing attitude. Easier said than done, but professionals ...
embrace the word that could set you free
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 09 September 2011
Disrespect and lack of appreciation; two sentiments anyone who has ever held a job has experienced. Before you live up to the standards of your title as people pleaser, whether its towards your coworker, your client, or even your boss; consider ticklemybrain's six step guide to embrace the one word that could set you free: no.1. the victim act: You feel like the office doormat. Research has shown that most office doormats ...
email.etiquette@everyone.com
illuminative post by Tara Nehme on 05 September 2011
Spamming and spoofing aside, the average email user spends 30% of his or her time creating, organizing, reading, and responding to emails; a phenomenon that has forever altered communication in the workplace. Whether it is a request or a response, before you guide your cursor towards SEND, please consider ticklemybrain's nine step guide to writing a comprehensible email:1. subject: i don't understand you: Most of us receive countless emails per day and ...
i wanna speak like steve
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 02 September 2011
Steve Jobs may not have been known for his Arab roots, he was born to a Syrian father, but his presentation skills certainly made their worldwide mark. He earned one dollar a year as CEO of Apple, but this inventor and business magnate had a net worth estimated at eight billion dollars. He must have been doing something right. Whether it’s a presentation or a client meeting, here are eight techniques Jobs ...
workplace warfare
illuminative post by the ticklemybrain team on 28 August 2011
It is as common as the flu; that one person we simply can’t tolerate at work. Such a sentiment may have stemmed from his sarcastic comments or her rude remarks, his inability to give proper instructions or her overbearing ego. Whatever the cause, you can’t shake the feeling. Regrettably, asking him or her to disappear is not an option at the workplace and neither is launching a hard object in ...
