Careers in Conflict Resolution

There are so many different opportunities for employment when you have a degree in Dispute Resolution. Our alumni hold positions in both the public and private sectors within the United States and abroad. With a degree from UMass Boston in Dispute Resolution this could be your job someday:

  • Director of Online Dispute Resolution for eBay and PayPal
  • Ombudsman for Princeton University
  • Nurse Manager at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Director of Mediation Services for the District of Columbia Court System
  • Member of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations team working in the Darfur region of the Sudan
  • Director of Negotiation Programs at Mediation Works Incorporated
  • Trainer for the workplace conflict resolution program for Coca-Cola International
  • Family and Divorce Mediator
  • Transportation Planner for Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization
  • Director of the Dispute Resolution Office for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
  • Training coordinator for North Shore Community Mediation
  • Elder Care Mediation Coordinator for Framingham Community Mediation
  • Peer mediation Coordinator for Boston Public Schools

To read what the NEACR (New England Chapter of the Association For Conflict Resolution) has to say about careers in the dispute resolution field click here.

Career Resources

For a comprehensive list of Career Resources please visit the Career Resources page.

 

Mediator Makes U.S. News & World Report’s List of “Best Careers of 2009”

For the third year in a row, the career of mediator has made U.S. News & World Report’s list of 30 “Best Careers of 2009.” In selecting the most promising careers of 2009, U.S. News considered job satisfaction, training difficulty, prestige, job market outlook and pay.

U.S. News says that “most mediators love their work, helping people beat their swords into plowshares.” It adds, however, that there are more mediators than there are mediation jobs, in part, because the barriers to entry are so low. U.S. News says the oversupply means that most mediators do not earn a middle-class income for one to five years. It also touches on the importance of embracing marketing by establishing a niche.

U.S. News adds that “success may be more likely in a slow economy as people and businesses seek lower-cost alternatives to attorneys to solve their disputes.”

The full report can be found at http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-careers/2008/12/11/best-careers-2009-mediator.html