September 2010
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The c14ism bibliography.
Research is only as good as it’s sources. Here is but a sample of the countless sources that contribute to c14ism.com.
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Emergenetics: The groundbreaking new way to identify your personal profile and achieve success.
Lifestyle Design
4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, & Join the New Rich
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Science
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Basic tactics to exploit human nature.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - 1. Establish authority
Whether you are negotiating a payrise or blackmailing your French language teacher, people can be more readily persuaded to accept and comply with statements and requests made by you if you are perceived to be in authority or are perceived to have authority to make such statements and requests. Learn the art of social...
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c14ism table of contents.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - Enter your target country: How c14ism redefines Schultz’s 5-flag system. How to Google hack a foreign work visa. How to enter any foreign country.
Obtain employment: The expatriate unemployment problem (pt.1) Legal issues encountered during foreign employment. (pt.1) How mind control affects who gets hired. How to tell if Human Resources is...
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How Tony Blair would answer a job interview Q.
Full .mp3 and transcript available here.
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Basic Perception Modification.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - Social value is your importance in society. It is an ambiguous and malleable concept that is both formed and maintained by perception. Perception is also a malleable concept which is the result of heuristics, and heuristically people do not know the value of an unknown object, and therefore rely on the verbal and non-verbal situational cues from...
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How to renew a rejected work permit.
This excerpt attacks flag 2.
If you’re reading this and this applies to you…
Boy, you really shot yourself in the foot big time with this one, didn’t you?
Before you continue reading, understand that the odds of you getting back into a favorable position with the DDTE isn’t impossible, but you are going to pay a very high price for your mistake.
All advice contained in...
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How to pay your taxes in France.
This excerpt attacks flags 2-4.
Now that you’ve been legally living and working in France for your first year, it’s time to file your taxes.
All French written in this excerpt, and on c14ism.com, is written in proper French, has been provided by actual accounts by expatriates, and you can freely copy/paste/modify to help you in your employment efforts.
If you’ve already...
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How to obtain your psychometric evaluation...
This excerpt attacks flag 1.
All French written in this excerpt, and on c14ism.com, are written in proper French that you can freely copy/paste and modify to help you in your employment efforts.
Depending on the company, the French employment process may require you pass a psychometric evaluation. This evaluation, will be either in-house or through an external company who conducts the exam....
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How to obtain a copy of your criminal record.
This except attacks Flags 1 & 4.
In France, if a criminal background check is to be performed prior to employment, it is your responsibility to obtain it, or you simply don’t get the job.
Fortunately, obtaining a copy of your criminal background report is free of charge and takes approximately 7 business days to receive in your mailbox.
Option:
Send an email to cjn@justice.gouv.fr...
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How to write a French cover letter.
This c14ism excerpt attacks flag 1.
Note from the author:
“All French written in this excerpt, and on c14ism.com, are written in proper French that you can freely copy/paste and modify to help you in your employment efforts.”
You want a job? You want a work visa? You need a cover letter.
This excerpt is written with the assumption that:
You already know how to write a...
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How to Socially Engineer your colleagues. (pt. 3)
Stages of emotional progression
There are no grounds for a relationship without at least some level of emotional connection, and the more similar the two people are, the more they are able to connect. Unfortunately, you will probably not have the same nationalities, cultures, and living situations, which are three prevalent factors, and it will not be until after you have the job that you’ll have...
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How to Socially Engineer your colleagues. (pt. 2)
There is no “I” in TEAM, unless you’re speaking French, Spanish, Portugese, or German…
Being a foreigner, living in a foreign country, speaking multiple languages, you will find no shortage of people who non-maliciously envy you - wish they could do what you’re doing and accomplished what you’ve accomplished.
Your biggest threat will be defending yourself from malicious...
August 2010
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How to socially Engineer your colleagues. (pt. 1)
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - The exchanging of information and influencing of people through dialogue, debate, instruction, reasoning, etc is a common practice in everyday life – your parents, schoolteachers, counselors, pastors, and the movies you see in the cinema are examples of social engineering at work. However, the more publicized dark side of social engineering is a...
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The logical fallacy of false dilemma.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - You’re sitting in your meeting for your work permit renewal with the Foreign Office of Immigration (F.O.I.), and your renewal is rejected.
Why? Because due to seasonal market fluctuation beyond your control, the number of clients with your company dropped, resulting in your salary inconveniently dipping below the minimum monthly requirement...
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The expatriate unemployment problem. (pt 1)
Personality, Intelligence, and culture
You may have a specific education, skill set, and job you are aiming for, however because you are a foreigner without a full-time working visa, your top priority is to obtain a full-time working visa. This may mean having to accept a job that you dislike at a company you do not particularly care for in order to obtain it.
Under these circumstances, not only...
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How to enter any foreign country.
The ideal method of insertion is to convince a company in the target country to hire you or obtain a job in your home country, and then apply for a transfer to offices in your target country because in both of these options the company will handle all of the necessary costs to set you up in the country, making your insertion relatively stress-free.
However, even after crafting your CV , if it...
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Legal issues during foreign employment (pt 1)
The more you know about the customs, rules, and laws of the target country, the better equipped you will be in protecting yourself from potentially irreversible legal repercussions. Thoroughly researching the country, it’s laws, and the company will be the only way you can fully safeguard yourself. For tips on how to conduct research online, refer to our post How to Google hack a Foreign...
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Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster... →
How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time?
Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period.
This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project”. The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like...
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How to tell if Human Resources is lying to you....
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - Congratulations, you got a job interview! But what good is getting a job only to be screwed over on your working contract, signing for less than you feel you deserve for the sake of “getting a job”?
Why is this important to you?
Video: Are job applicants telling the truth?
Because as an expatriate you are already working with several...
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How to Google hack a foreign work visa.
Share this article on Facebook and Twitter. - It’s common knowledge that, by combining boolean search, google, and common sense, you can gain access to sensitive documents and files you shouldn’t have access to. In fact, it isn’t uncommon to read in the news stories of how corporation’s websites and other confidential data were compromised due to results accidentally being...
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How to use metaphors during the job interview.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - “Metaphors are analogies between two objects or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of a metaphorical word in place of some other word. Metaphors also denote rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison, or resemblance.”
From a psychological warfare perspective, metaphors are an excellent mind...
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How mind control affects who gets hired.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - Decision Making Processes
The Decision Making Process is the process whereby Human Resources or the Foreign Immigration Office reaches a final outcome, response, opinion, or conclusion in response to information, situation, or dilemma (i.e. who gets the job/work permit). This process generally operates on a predictable cause > effect circuit...
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How c14ism redefines Schultz's 5 flag system.
Share this excerpt on Facebook and Twitter. - You hear about them all the time. They are the 1 in 100,000 travelers who write books that turn into movies. They write blogs with fascinating photos and stories. They inspire you. They quit their job, sell all of their stuff, and hit the road for “X” amount of months, living off of their savings, perhaps finding under-the-table jobs at random...