"I had never realized how much of my own self-identity and self-worth was tied up in what my title was and who I worked for."

Melissa Cohen spent 30 years in fashion where she was a VP at Ralph Lauren.

She thought that's where she'd retire.

Then 2020 hit.

The whole industry shut down and Melissa lost her job.

What she didn't expect? Losing her sense of self right along with it.

Suddenly, the title that defined her was gone. Facing ageism in the corporate job market and getting ghosted after final-round executive interviews, Melissa decided to stop fighting a broken system.

So...She turned to LinkedIn.

In this episode, Melissa shares how she went from a corporate fashion exec who never used LinkedIn to becoming a personal branding strategist helping executives, founders, and business owners st ...