Barbara Safani

Current

• President at Career Solvers
• Consultant at Kelly Services/The Ayers Group

Past

• Human Resources Manager at American Express

Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• State University of New York at Albany
• Forest Hills High School

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Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Barbara Safani’s Summary

As a career strategist and resume writer, I specialize in managing job search campaigns for six-figure professionals and executives who know where they want to go, but need assistance uncovering the most efficient path.

I have 15 years of experience in career management, recruiting, and executive coaching. I have appeared as a career expert on CNN, ABC, FOX, and ROBtv and my career advice has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fortune Magazine, Monster, Yahoo HotJobs, Dice, AOL, and MSNBC online. I am a career adviser for CareerBuilder and a triple-certified resume writer, a distinction only a handful of writers worldwide have achieved. I am the author of Happy About My Resume: 50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future and my work has been published in more than two dozen career-relevant books. In addition, I am a regular contributor to The Ladders, Kennedy Executive Agent, and Career Hub, a top-25 HR blog. My coaching and writing credentials include:

Certified Career Master (CCM)
Certified Expert Resume Writer (CERW)
Nationally Certified Resume Writer (NCRW)
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)

Barbara Safani’s Specialties:

job search strategy, networking, interviewing, and salary negotiation coaching, on-line identity management, corporate outplacement, career research, and career marketing collateral (resumes, bios, marketing letters, marketing plans, on-line profiles).

Barbara Safani’s Experience

• President

  Career Solvers

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

  Career management firm specializing in career coaching, resume writing, and on-line identity campaigns for senior professionals and executives.

• Consultant

  Kelly Services/The Ayers Group

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

  Consultant for the career management division of a Fortune 500 firm. Have managed scores of career transition programs and facilitated hundreds of the firm’s workshops in resume development, networking, interviewing, and salary negotiation; act as firm's resident expert on technology- based career research.

• Human Resources Manager

  American Express

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

  October 1985 — April 1993 (7 years 7 months)

  Human Resources generalist responsible for 1,600+ client group in 40 locations. Specialty areas included executive coaching, performance management, succession planning, and recruiting.
  
  Oversaw employee curriculum development and facilitation and created several HR products including a regional employee policy manual, employee satisfaction survey, termination survey, and benefits awareness program. These initiatives quickly became best practices and were adopted by HR practitioners at a divisional level and disseminated to over 3,500 employees.

Barbara Safani’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  M.A. , Organizational Psychology , 1986 — 1988

• State University of New York at Albany

  B.A, , Psychology , 1980 — 1984

• Forest Hills High School

  1977 — 1980

Additional Information

Barbara Safani’s Interests:

networking events, publishing opportunities, speaking engagements

Barbara Safani’s Groups:

Board of Directors and Technology Master, Career Management Alliance (2008 to Present
Executive Board Member and VP, Membership, HRNY (2007 to Present)
Chair, HRNY Networking SIG (2004 to 2009)
Facilitator, Netshare Networking Meetins (2009 to Present)
Second Vice President, National Resume Writers' Association (2006 to 2007) Board Member/Technology Liaison, Career Management Alliance (2008 to Present)
Resume Certification Director, Career Directors International (2005 to 2008)
Member, Professional Association of Resume Writers (2003 to Present)
Member, Society for Human Resources Management (2003 to Present)

•    Executive Suite
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Career Directors International
•    JibberJobber - Career Management
•    SHRM Group
•    American Express Alumni
•    Columbia University • Social-Organizational Psychology Alumni
•    Human Resources Association of New York
•    NETSHARE Area Meeting Leaders group
•    NETSHARE Area Meeting - New York
•    Espo's HR Group
•    Career Thought Leaders Consortium

Barbara Safani’s Honors:

6-Time Award Winner, Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) Awards
Winner, 2007 President's Choice Award, Career Directors International
Winner, 2008/09 Breiger Award, Human Resources Association of New York

Barbara Safani’s Contact Settings

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