It is our goal to explore many different jobs through interviews and provide our audience real world feedback from those working first hand in the different areas of interest. At CareerCloseup.org we aim to give you the exposure to further ignite your ambition and drive, and the information needed to solidify your decision to pursue a field or guide you in choosing the direction for a future that is right for you.
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Episode 16: Federico Casso - Special Agent Diplomatic Security
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In our first installment of law enforcement-related fields, we get a great opportunity to learn about the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). To advance American interests and foreign policy, DSS protects people, property and information at more than 270 State Department missions worldwide. This agency is assigned many res…
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Episode 15: Orlando Gomez - Multi-Platinum Recording Engineer
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[rev_slider alias="episode-15-orlando-gomez-recording-engineer"] Incredible Closeup this week with recording and mixing engineer Orlando Gomez of Beacon Hill Recording studio! Orlando gives us a great insight to the world of producing multi-platinum level musical projects, working with local talent to superstar artists and the teamwork behind the s…
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Episode 14: Shandi Keller - Army Blackhawk Pilot and Instructor
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[rev_slider alias="episode-14-shandi-keller-blackhawk-pilot-and-instructor"] Shandi Keller is someone we knew we wanted to speak to due to her accomplishments as a helicopter pilot in the Army and as an instructor for other pilots. We were fortunate she was able to stop by the day before moving to a new training station so we could record this inte…
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Episode 13: Jose Abraham Lopez, MD - US Army Veteran
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Today on the Podcast and in honor of Veteran’s day, a very special interview with a U.S. Army Veteran that Francis and I know well. We get an insight on what it is like to serve, the job of the enlisted in the service and to serve in the role as an officer. The words sacrifice, challenge and demanding are mentioned. Despite the depth of these words…
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Episode 12: Raul Santos, MD - Interventional Cardiologist
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On this episode of Career Closeup, we take another dive into the world of medicine. We sat down with Dr. Raul Santos, MD. A Dallas area Interventional Cardiologist. From his early years in college and his service in the U.S Army to his residency and fellowship in Cardiology, Dr. Santos gave us a great insight into the training, practice and rewardi…
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Episode 11: Myongki "Tony" Yi - Tattoo Artist
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Myongki “Tony” Yi is a tattoo artist in El Paso who owns his own tattoo studio, 3Tattoo. Tony's studio is as unique as his style, and this keeps him booked months in advance. In this episode we discuss how he started in Fine Arts at a design school, and just before completing the program, he came to find tattooing as a viable career option, despite…
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EPISODE 10 : JOSE COS - A PRIME TIME BS/MD PROGRAM
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This is a quick Closeup with Jose Cos. We are looking into more information about the avenues to complete a medical education. With a national shortage of physicians, efforts are in place to try and increase the number of graduating doctors. In addition to more medical schools opening throughout the country, accelerated programs that decrease the y…
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Episode 9: Megan Bennett - Case Manager/Social Work
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Today’s episode features a very special interview addressing working in a field dealing with one of our country's leading social issues. We sit down with Megan Bennett, a case manager working with homeless teens in the Dallas area. We learn about the challenges and wins when counseling, parenting and guiding these troubled youths at times through t…
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Episode 8: Rick Lopez - Showrunner's Assistant
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[rev_slider alias="episode-8-rick-lopez-showrunner-assistant"][/rev_slider] On this episode of Career Closeup, we meet Rick Lopez. Rick works on the set of Fox’s hit series Lucifer as the assistant to the Showrunner(s). While many of us have heard about the executive producer, producer, and directors associated with television shows and in big scre…
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Episode 7: Tony Kasowski - Urban Farming
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On this episode of Career Closeup, we meet up with Tony Kasowski. Tony is in an enviable position working a job he loves with both altruistic rewards and the ability to make a living. Together with his cofounder at Phoenix’s St. Vincent De Paul’s Urban Garden, they took on the challenge of converting an old parking lot in South Phoenix and transfor…
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Episode 6: Jaime Aguirre and Jezzelle Solorza - Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
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Episode 5: Brennon Barajas and Angela Guerra- Medical Students (MSIII and MSII)
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Thinking about a career in medicine? Are you working towards the daunting path of premed courses and MCAT review? This is the podcast for you. On this episode, we had the opportunity to sit down with Brennon Barajas (MSIII) and Angela Guerra (MSII) for a breakdown into the world of applying, getting in and surviving medical school. Both Brennon and…
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Episode 4: Andres Capra - Tactical Paramedic
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We sit down with Andres Capra and follow his journey to his career as a Tactical Paramedic. This is a relatively new field where he works as an Austin EMS Paramedic and also trains with Austin PD SWAT/ Travis County Sheriff SWAT teams. His pathway includes becoming a Marine right out of high school, digging ditches for electricians, having his own …
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Episode 3: Mike Henderson - Medical Device Sales
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Mike Henderson is a Territory Sales Manager for Medtronic in their CBG division. He manges the sales of the Resolute Integrity Stent which is used for cardiac catheterizations. In this podcast, Mike discusses working in many areas of sales, including: automotive, retail, pharmaceutical, orthopedic devices and cardiac devices. In each field he not o…
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Episode 2: David Chen - Business, Entrepreneur, Investor
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David Chen is a young businessman, entrepreneur, rally car driver and we found him to be pretty motivational as well! He tells us about his path to success (becoming partner with Deloitte by age 33) and how it contained both wins and losses, and how he picked himself back up, evaluated his situations, adjusted his sails and tried again. He explains…
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Episode 1: Jessie McDonough - News Anchor
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[rev_slider alias="jessie-mcdonough"][/rev_slider] Jessie McDonough discusses her career path, from studying journalism at Arizona State University in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, to her position as a multimedia journalist in South Bend, Indiana to a reporter position in Jacksonville, Florida, to her current posi…
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