At the Worthwhile Magazine blog, David Batstone writes about David Neeleman, the CEO and founder of JetBlue, and the company culture he is creating. Because of his church community service experience in the slums of Brazil back when he was a college student, Neeleman believes in building a company that is egalitarian and cares for [...]

I’ve had a few fellow bloggers suggest that I submit a post to the Carnival of the Capitalists to spread the Alchemy love. So with a free weekend I decided to nominate a post and see what happened. By the way, if you’re coming from CotC, this is the post that I actually submitted.Boy, I [...]

Here’s a great post from Alchemy reader, Steven Kempton of The Asia Pacific Headhunter. Steven’s post is titled Buddha’s Four Noble Truths on Job Hunting and it’s soulful, provocative, and absolutely right on when it comes to taking control of your own career. Take in his Third Noble Truth:

Give up needing a job. Powerful stuff [...]

I talked about reinvention earlier this week. Well, today’s my day to add more to the conversation at Rosa Say’s Talking Story. The title of my post is Let’s Reinvent Professional Development in Our Organizations. Based on my experience, professional development is treated like a job perk, rather
than as a systemic part of the organization’s [...]

Lately, I’ve been in high interview mode. Anyone who has been through an interview knows about the amount of time it takes to properly research and prepare for the meeting. In my case, I had a "performance interview" on Monday, which automatically increases the prep time exponentially. For this performance interview for a corporate trainer [...]