If ever a college senior seemed likely to eschew the world of signing bonuses and stock options, it was Monica Nah Lee.
Nonprofits have a hard time competing with private employers for graduating students.
And they handicap themselves, according to Lisa B. Tessler, director of the career planning center at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. But it's not just a matter of recruiting tactics. Even for the likeliest prospects, the reality of nonprofits can be discouraging. That's very worthwhile, but I feel like I'd be wasting my education. So she intends to spend a few years at McKinsey, learning how business works, and then return to the nonprofit world with skills that will translate into more clout and the potential to have greater impact.