Safiya Edwards, Career Coach and Resume Writer

Safiya Edwards is a leader of Human Resources and Operations with P&L experience at premier talent mobility and healthcare firms. 

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Based in the greater Philadelphia region, she's led multiple complex projects for internal & external business partners to optimize human capital ROI by collaborating across generations, functions, and diverse populations. 

She enjoys leveraging strong relationship management, negotiation, and strategy skills; facilitating new opportunities to develop and retain business;  formulating best practices and implementing process improvements; conducting root cause analyses and transforming data into actionable solutions for individuals & organizations; making a difference through both daily actions and long term strategies.

Safiya is known for having exceptional networking skills and helping diverse professionals (from CEOs to high school students) to manage their transitions to a new job or career, into entrepreneurship (consulting, franchising, new business), or into active retirement.

Safiya holds a B.A. from University of Virginia, MPH from Yale University and an MBA from Yale School of Management. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, SHRM - Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), has earned her Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate as well as Ethics, Innovation and Inclusive Leadership and lastly completed People Analytics Masterclass.