Denee Playlist
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[00:00:00] Andrew Hibel: Welcome to the HigherEdJobs Podcast, playlist edition. I'm Andy Hibel, the chief operating officer, and one of the co-founders of higher ed jobs.

[00:00:13] Kelly Cherwin: And I'm Kelly Cherwin, the director of editorial strategy. Today. We are lucky to have one of our team members of HigherEdJobs, Denee Sudano. She is the sales account manager recruitment for HigherEdJobs. Welcome Denee. Glad to have you here.

[00:00:26] Denee Sudano: Thank you so much, Kelly and Andy, it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon.

[00:00:30] Andrew Hibel: We're excited to have you today because you really do have a reputation in the team for being one of the funnest people to work with. I know, personally, whenever I get to work with you, it's productive, but it's always fun. So we're excited to have you on the podcast today.

Denee Sudano: Thank you.

Andrew Hibel: So we have a Spotify playlist about great job search and career songs because every job search deserves a soundtrack. And we've been asking folks to put a song. Some [00:01:00] people have taken the liberty of putting two songs on the Spotify playlist.

Today, we're here to have you add to it, but we'd remind listeners that if you want to go grab the Spotify playlist, you can download it on Spotify. Also, if you're interested in suggesting a song for the playlist, please email us at podcast@higheredjobs.com. Or tweet us at HigherEdJobs. So Denee with no further ado, what song would you like to add to the playlist? And why?

[00:01:27] Denee Sudano: Funny that you say that some of our team members have actually taken the liberty to choose two songs? Because I did the same. I wasn't sure if that would be okay. And I just couldn't decide. So the first one that I chose is a song called Dream Weaver by Gary Wright. It was written and performed in 1972.

I don't know if he was one of those one hit wonders. I don't really even know if it's like other songs that he sings. I don't know if he has other hits, but I do know that Dream Weaver has always [00:02:00] been in my mind as a calming song, a very relaxing song, and it also has a special place in my heart because when I was growing up, we had a hot air balloon.

So that was one of our family activities. And my dad actually purchased a hot air balloon and then everyone names their balloon. So he named our balloon Dream Weaver. And to me, it always signified kind of reaching for the stars, positivity, relaxing. Just a really nice song to think about and to listen to when you're doing the job search or when you're doing anything else that you need some encouragement and some positivity.

Dream Weaver has always been a special song to me. I love the way it starts with like the synthesizer. And I'm sort of dating myself as far as picking a song from 1972, but it really just rose to the top of all the songs that I was [00:03:00] thinking about for this podcast.

[00:03:02] Andrew Hibel: That's a wonderful song and an amazing story to go along with it. Thanks for sharing that.

[00:03:07] Kelly Cherwin: I love that song as well, and it makes total sense cuz you. Such a positive person. And I love that you pick something that is positive and encouraging and encourages people, job seekers to kinda get in their calming Zen place to, to move forward.

[00:03:19] Andrew Hibel: Staying positive in the job search is essential and always having that feeling of going up in that hot air balloon and rising above things and reaching for the stars.

Absolutely. What a great concept. Now I do have to ask you because we are close to the same age. Do you remember the 1990s movie or movies? I believe it was just the first one that featured Dream Weaver as a song.

Denee Sudano: No. Can you enlighten me?

[00:03:45] Kelly Cherwin: Was it, um, Wayne's World?

[00:03:47] Andrew Hibel: Yes, it was.

[00:03:50] Kelly Cherwin: I don't know how I know that because I usually don't do well on trivia, but…

[00:03:57] Andrew Hibel: And I think kind of the rebirth of the song [00:04:00] 20 years after it was a big hit in Wayne's World, early nineties. It reminded a lot of people of like, yeah, that was a great song from way back when, and then kind of fell in love with it all over again. I believe it was a scene with Garth that did it. I'm sure if I'm wrong on that, we'll hear from folks. You said you had two songs…

[00:04:18] Denee Sudano: I do.

[00:04:19] Andrew Hibel: What's the other song,

[00:04:20] Denee Sudano: The second song you're, you're probably all gonna laugh as well. This one is 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton. I had to bring some country music into the Spotify mix because everybody that works with me on my team and the state college office, they know that I am a super country music fan. My two, all-time favorites are Garth Brooks and Taylor swift, but it kept boiling down to Dolly 9 to 5. Again, I, I love the movie. This song was actually written in 1980, so I'm an eighties kid born in 1969. I don't mind sharing that with folks, but all the music that I usually [00:05:00] gravitate to is from the eighties.

I love listening to country music at work. And when I work from home as well, And I just thought relaying this song to a job search within the lyrics it talks about passion and vision. And I think those are two things that you really have to have when you're searching for the perfect job. Not only passion for the institution, but passion for the process when you're looking for a job you are being interviewed, but you're also interviewing the institution or organization that you're going to be working with. So, I always think it's a two-way street and nine to five, just sort of gets you in the mood to go after your dreams. And, and it's a little bit more of an upbeat song compared to the first one I chose. So hopefully folks that when they listen to the HigherEdJobs Podcast, they will enjoy listening to 9 to 5.

[00:05:59] Kelly Cherwin: Andy. I don't know if you [00:06:00] agree and this isn't a contest, but, but Denee, I think you win for doing the best description of why you pick that song. That was amazing. And you're right. It's definitely inspirational and upbeat. And it's kind of a happy song and, and perfect timing since Dolly was just inducted into, was it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? So very timely. And I love that you're bringing in the, the country roots and since everyone's not actually physically in the office anymore, they'll be reminded of you and your, your country tunes your country love.

[00:06:29] Denee Sudano: So Garth, I've seen Garth, um, multiple times in multiple cities and there were a couple that I, I could have tapped for this Spotify list. But, um, I don't know. I just was kicking at old school with Dolly and I figured it would sort of make people smile.

Andrew Hibel: And I really feel like if you've been in the office, music is a big part of the day in the State College office. And. I don't want us to get into it today. Cause I think [00:07:00] it's, it's worthy of its own podcast. That there's a highly negotiated sequence of shows and music and how it's played on a daily basis. And it's quite a negotiation.

I think that might be a fun podcast for us to do is just kind of get the evolution of what the environment was like. That's a wonderful song to add. As Kelly will let you know, I, I can kind of be somewhat harsh in my view of the songs that folks add to the playlist. Uh, but the, uh, those are two awesome songs.

Thank you for sharing. And thanks for being here today, today.

Thank you all so much for writing me. This was really fun. And the process of selecting new songs was really fun as. And like I said, I could have added way more songs than the two that I chose, but I thought I'd go a little bit, you know, calming and relaxing and then kick up the beat a little bit with the 9 to 5. So, thank you so much.

Kelly Cherwin: Thank you Denee.
[00:07:53] Andrew Hibel: Bye. Thank you for listening. Have a great day. [00:08:00]