How to Get Your Dream Engineering Job with Michael Daleo

In this episode of the How To Get a Job Podcast, Daniel Botero sits down with Michael Daleo, aerospace engineer, career coach, and founder of FormAWin, to break down how engineering students can position themselves to land internships and full-time roles at top aerospace and defense companies. Michael shares his unconventional journey from getting fired from his freshman-year internship at Lockheed Martin to getting rehired, eventually spending four years at the company and later working at Northrop Grumman. Daniel and Michael discuss why GPA and technical knowledge alone are not enough to stand out in engineering, and why leadership, networking, communication, sales, and people skills can have a major impact on your career trajectory. Michael explains how he learned to treat his career like a business, maximize the return on his time, build meaningful relationships with engineers at target companies, and use what he calls the “relationship bank account” to create opportunities before asking for anything in return. They also discuss how engineering students should approach career fairs, internships, networking, and recruitment, including why having strong relationships inside target companies can be more valuable than simply submitting applications online. Michael also shares his approach to one-on-one career coaching, helping engineering students prepare for interviews, networking conversations, applications, follow-ups, and salary negotiations. This episode is a must listen for engineering students and young professionals who want to break into aerospace, defense, or other competitive engineering industries and learn how to turn their degree, relationships, and experiences into real career opportunities.

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