Top 10 songs to motivate job hunting OTs

So, today we have a list of tracks to get you through the ups and downs of job hunting, applications and interviews. What more motivation could you need than someone else’s musical choices. It’s a small sweet spot between motivation and taste. And in all honesty I have almost without exception sacrificed my own musical sensibilities to the cause. So here we go with the top 10 songs to motivate job hunting OTs. If nothing else the ten tracks below will give you a good thirty minutes of displacement activity*. Don’t judge me!

Songs to motivate job hunting OTs

1)Lose yourself – Eminem – You only get one chance one opportunity … so no pressure then da dum da dum da da (and just watch out for Moms spaghetti)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksfnZaZ0A4

 

 

 

2) Tubthumping – Chumbawumba … Ok we can all be singing when we’re winning but if you get knocked down can you get up again.

 

3) Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson …. If you wanna make the world a better place … well you know what to do … check out your appearance.

 

 

4) Titanium – David Guetta … Shoot me down but I won’t fall. Technically unlikely but you get the point. And while we’re strolling down Pedants Street,  I’d focus on the bullet proof got nothing to lose element rather than the talking loud not saying much.

 

5) Are you Satisfied? Marina and the Diamonds … Are you satisfied with an easy life? Marina isn’t

 

6) Don’t stop me now – Queen … Don’t stop me now … no really don’t … I’m about to explode. If this doesn’t get you motivated check you have a pulse.

 

7) Here it Goes Again – OK GO – Tenuous summary of what it feels like if things don’t feel like they are going well but worth it just for the video (as is true of everything they do) I bought an entire back catalogue just on the strength of their visual output.

 

8) Career Opportunities – The Clash … Well for no other reason than It’s The Clash and career opportunities arise every day, or you could just make tea at the BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JM8C49pf40

 

9) Harder … Better … Faster … Stronger – Daft Punk … Work it harder, make it better, do it faster, makes us stronger, hour after hour work is never over. More upbeat than the lyrics would have you believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFnvjYYtFw

10) (Ain’t Nothing Gonna) Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder – Who … Matthew Wilder! Nothings gonna slow him down … he’s gonna keep on moving all the way to the annals of one hit wonder stardom. Annoyingly catchy 80’s earworm fluff that should at least make you smile.

 

*displacement activity : any non essential, routine or mundane task completely unrelated to what you are trying to achieve. The sole purpose of a displacement activity is to avoid achieving the very thing you need to do. In extreme circumstances you may have to resort to cleaning out the fridge, alphabetising music collections or collecting dust with tweezers.