Career transition, unemployment, job loss, and identity — Howie Cohen calls himself the Robin Hood of Jobs. He's a strategist, CX advisor, and someone who has spent years helping people find work for free, because helping is simply what he does. This is the very first guest episode of Life Between Titles, and it sets the tone for everything the show is about.
Howie and Savan cover a lot of ground: why relationships have always been the real currency of career success, how to reframe unemployment as self-ownership rather than failure, why every job seeker needs a life plan before they need a résumé, and why the question you should be asking isn't "what makes me happy" but "what brings me peace."
They dig into the AI whiplash hitting the workforce right now — companies firing people for not using AI while schools punish students for using it — and what Howie believes is actually driving mass layoffs underneath all the AI noise. They talk about the one skill that remains transferable in every economy (it's communication), how Howie keeps his own skills sharp through woodworking and AI art and testing his own limitations, and the Rocky analogy that reframes the whole job search experience.
They also talk about mentorship — the boss named Jim who changed Howie's life — and what it means to show up for someone else's vision before your own. About finding community and leaning on it. About involving your kids in the uncertainty instead of hiding it from them. And about what Howie's dream job actually looks like: the ultimate helper, with enough financial backing to connect more people to more opportunities.
This is where Life Between Titles began.
📍 Chapters
- 🕐 00:00 – Intro: navigating transitions with purpose
- 🕐 01:45 – Welcome to the first guest episode
- 🕐 02:29 – CX Studios, Adobe, Salesforce & the Robin Hood of jobs
- 🕐 06:32 – Career foundations: integrity, trust, respect
- 🕐 07:32 – The CEO of you
- 🕐 10:34 – What actually earns respect in leadership
- 🕐 13:43 – Reframing unemployment as self-ownership
- 🕐 15:32 – The life plan: start with peace, not happiness
- 🕐 18:12 – Why 100% of people who follow the process land
- 🕐 40:29 – AI whiplash post: companies vs. schools
- 🕐 42:22 – The real reason companies are cutting people
- 🕐 48:03 – How Howie keeps his skills sharp
- 🕐 53:01 – Communication: the one skill that survives every market shift
- 🕐 53:53 – The Rocky analogy: just go the distance
- 🕐 56:42 – What causes Howie anxiety now
- 🕐 58:52 – Finding peace: therapy, mentors, community
- 🕐 1:00:09 – Navigating family during transition
- 🕐 1:05:16 – Magic wand job: the ultimate helper
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