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Entrepreneur Levant
19 December 2012
How one woman risked her resume and quit the consultant track – to help build the careers of others. “What is this? It sucks.” This incredulous question and no-holds-barred pronouncement on a friend’s resume set Tara Nehme on a course she had never anticipated. You might even say it tickled her brain. “I had never in my life thought that I would be someone who starts a company,” she remarks. But just a month after the then Dubai-based forensic services consultant successfully revised her friend’s resume, and then watched her partner at PricewaterhouseCooper admiringly show it off to ...
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Future TV - Alam Al Sabah
05 December 2012
We are officially tickling televisions everywhere! Tune in to Alam Al Sabah on Future TV every Sunday at 11:40 AM Beirut local time and watch ticklemybrain give tips on how to accelerate your career! Follow our episodes with the following links! 1. 26 August 2012 > Resume do's and dont's. ~2. 23 September 2012 > How to get promoted. ~3. 30 November 2012 > How to answer the three cardinal interview questions. ~ 4. 07 October ...
Expanding Job Resources for Young Professionals in the Arab World [Wamda TV]
03 December 2012
At the Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program event during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in Beirut last month, ticklemybrain Founder Tara Nehme discussed how ticklemybrain got started and where they are seeing the most interest for job resources and resume-writing services in the Arab world, noting young professions in Dubai, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia in particular. Ticklemybrain launched in February to tackle, or “tickle,” resume and cover letter writing for young professionals (“fresh graduates” with 1-2 years experience), ...
Alt City
04 July 2012
Like the polished resumes and perfected cover letters her team produces, Tara Nehme’s vision for ticklemybrain was clear and focused from the start. Because once Tara realized the dire need for job-seeking advice in the Middle East, she didn’t look back: quitting her job, starting her blog, and devoting her days to building the recently launched ticklemybrain.com in a matter of six months.Less than a year ago, Tara ...
American Community School Career Fair
15 May 2012
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ticklemybrain Prods Students Towards Professionalism
02 May 2012
“Landing a job is more than just having the qualifications necessary,” said Ms. Tara Nehme, a 2009 graduate of AUB. The professionalism with which one presents him or herself on a résumé is just as important. At the invitation of the Consulting Club, Nehme, founder and managing director of ticklemybrain, a youth driven, Arab-based, career resource portal, recently spoke at AUB. She discussed the importance of designing an effective résumé ...
Story of an Entrepreneur - AUB Consulting Club
04 April 2012
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Bold Magazine
01 March 2012
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The Daily Star
15 February 2012
ticklemybrain CEO Tara Nehme, 25, is typing up a storm at the quaint Dar Bistro cafe where she has just met with two employees. Only six months ago, Nehme could have been found doing almost the same thing, but in a cubicle at PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Dubai headquarters. “I knew there was going to be some formula for change,” says Nehme as she recalls the days before she jump-started a new life ...
