How to Find Work with Purpose

How to Find Work with Purpose:

Many people today have not been given vocabularies to talk about what virtue is, what character consists of, and in which way excellence lies, so they just talk about community service, figuring that if you are doing the sort of work that Bono celebrates than you must be a good person. --  David Brooks, The New York Times,  from an op-ed column titled The Service Patch.

Brooks? piece made me think about how social purpose looks through the lens of recent graduates. The new wave of social entrepreneurs believes work needs to be meaningful. What kinds of people are drawn to careers devoted to social change? Where should they work, given the changing roles of governments, philanthropic organizations, and corporations? How can young people who want to make a difference find jobs that matter?