How To Get A Job

In this episode of Mastering College, I sat down with my good friend, Arron Solano to talk about his journey of finding his dream job. Arron currently works at a venture capital firm here in Orlando, but upon graduation he worked in medical device sales as well as pharmaceutical sales before starting his own business and earning his MBA. As you can see, Arron held many different roles before landi...

Today on the podcast I had the pleasure of hosting Josh Wilson. Josh is an entrepreneur in the Orlando area that hosts 3 different podcasts and produces a couple others. In this episode, Josh talks about his numerous failures as an entrepreneur and how he's overcome them. Also, he talks about how you can be an entrepreneur even if you don't have an idea for a business! If you are interested in ent...

I'm excited for this episode because I have another great student on the podcast. I like to switch it up between having professionals and students on the podcast because they each provide such different perspectives. Omar Nasser is a student at UCF and he's one of the top sales competitors in the entire country! In this episode, Omar talks about how to stand out from the rest of your peers and how...

We have another expert in the sports industry on the podcast today! In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Alan Gooch. Alan is the CEO for the Orlando Sports Foundation and the Executive Director of the AutoNation Cure Bowl. In our interview, we talk about everything from his experiences to what he thinks students should do to be successful in the industry. Make sure to connect w...

Interested in pursuing a career in the sports industry? If so, you need to listen to today's episode! I got the chance to interview Kay Rawlins, one of the founders and the VP of CommunityRelations for Orlando City Soccer. In the episode, Kay talks about her role with Orlando City, how you can land your dream job in sports, how women can overcome obstacles in sports, why community service is so im...

In today's episode, I get to interview one of the most known faces in the College of Business at UCF, Mr. Lonny Butcher. Lonny is the Director of Professional Development and Placement for the University of Central Florida. He's in charge of the career professionalism classes that all College of Business students are required to take. These classes focus on helping students find jobs by the time t...

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend, Jack Dillion, to talk about communication! Jack found his dream career at an early age, and has remained in the same career throughout his professional life. Has held the position of senior management for 5 top industry organizations, serving as VP of sales and operations for 3 different organizations. Has trained teams of people beginning in the ea...

Dr. Calvin Williams is back for another episode! He truly is the expert in this area so it was hard to fit everything into one episode. On the last episode, we talked about the career fair, but in today's episode we're going to talk about career services and how you can leverage career services to help you land your dream job! In the episode, we talk about how the earlier you go the better, the 3...

It's almost that time again. Time for the career fair! For college students, this is the Super Bowl of their college life! Everything that they have been working hard for all comes down to this. That's how my next guest, Dr. Calvin Williams, positions the career fair to his students and personally, I would give it the same emphasis. I've known Calvin for a long time as he was my career coach at UC...

In this episode, I talk with my good friend and mentor, Roger Van Sluis. Roger is a serial entrepreneur who owns four 7-elevens and invests in commercial and residential real estate. He also has an innate ability to network with everyone he meets. In this episode, Roger talks about how he has been successful and how networking has helped him get to where he is today. He also shares his philosophy...

In this episode, I talk about one of the most important topics for life in general: Networking. I don't care who you are or what you do, you need to be able to talk to people and network to build relationships for your career. Not only do I talk about networking though, I talk about how to network and turn some of your network into potential mentors. I can't stress to college students how importan...

In this episode, I cover one of my favorite philosophies when it comes to searching for your dream job: Shotgun vs. Sniper approach. You might be able to tell just by the name what I mean by this, but it is one of the most important things to keep in mind when searching for a job. Rather than sending in the same resume or application for 100 jobs, you could be much more successful by focusing on a...

Welcome back to episode 6! Today I talk about one of my favorite topics, vacation! For college students, it may feel like you have no time after classes, internships, jobs, and all of your other responsibilities. In reality, you have much more time than you think. While you're a student you have 8-13 weeks of vacation. Once you step into the real world you'll be lucky to get 4 weeks of vacation, w...

In this episode, I sit down with the most beautiful guest I'll ever have on the show, my wife! Throughout this content, I will compare both of our journey's through college. Jess was the perfect student in high school! She got great grades, was involved in extracurriculars and knew exactly what she needed to do to get into her dream college. She continued her grades through college and got involve...

Many of you listening to this podcast may wonder, "Why is Daniel doing this?" or "Why is he so passionate about this topic?" As you'll hear in this episode, much of what I know today are things I had to figure out for myself. I was fortunate to be raised by a hard working mother who gave me the work ethic I have today. I didn't have all the answers and that's why I do this! I want to help those of...

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend Lafayette Britto who is headshot photographer. Lafa talks about some of the do's and don'ts of headshots. Also, we cover why headshots are such a good investment even if you believe the price point is high. Make sure you listen to this full episode to be prepared for the next time you need headshots! And if you need some headshots go check out Lafa o...

In this episode, I sit down with UCF student Christian Rivera who just completed a summer internship with Pepsi. We dive into the importance of internships and how they can better place you for a job after college. Christian also talks a little bit about how you can position yourself to receive that summer internship you're going for. Whether you've had internship or you're currently looking for o...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Bruno who has a college experience unlike most people. Bruno talks about his experience as a college student later in his life than most people and how challenging it was to get through college while balancing his personal life. If you're a student who is older or has been in college for more than four years and feel like no one can relate to you, make su...

Welcome to Mastering College: A Guide to Landing Your Dream Job! My name is Daniel Botero and I'm so glad that you have joined me on this journey to help you create your ideal future. This podcast is going to focus on helping college students learn all the different skills they need to master college and land their dream job. I am so passionate about this because as a first generation college stud...