At some point in your life, you’ve probably had a conflict – an argument with your parents, siblings, roommates, or others. Humans inherently have conflicting interests, but that doesn’t mean that common ground can’t be found. Search for Common Ground is a non-profit organization that “works to transform the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving.” Sometimes it may seem impossible, but most conflicts can be resolved peacefully through with the right methods. Search for Common Ground uses its 5 core principles to encourage attitudes that resolve conflicts across the world. These are: Conflict is neither negative nor positive; Conflict can be transformed; Finding common ground; Peace is a process; and Humankind is interdependent. If you want to know more about Search for Common Ground’s approach, you can take their Guided Tour.

Searching for Jobs with Search for Common Ground

Here’s a video that goes into greater detail about what Search for Common Ground is all about:

Search for Common Ground currently has about a dozen jobs listed on their Jobs page, although only a few of them will be of interest to new college grads. We recommend that you check out Program Assistant – Sub-Saharan Africa (Washington, DC), Web and New Media Manager (Washington, DC), and Part-time Office Manager (Brussels, Belgium). The experience requirements for these jobs are a little steeper than what we’d usually want to feature here, but we think that you should be able to sell Search for Common Ground on your readiness for the job if you have the right background. To apply, check out the instructions at the end of the job descriptions.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• SFCG.org
• Jobs with Search for Common Ground
• About Search for Common Ground
• Search for Common Ground’s Programs
• Search for Common Ground’s Organizational Report
• Search for Common Ground’s Newsletter

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We've identified Search for Common Ground as having career opportunities in the following categories:

• administrative
• all employers
• Belgium
• non-profit
• program development
• social media
• Washington DC
• web development

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