Jobs & Recruiting

Career Coach: Contracts that Constrict

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Career Coach | Site Categories: Business, Jobs & Recruiting
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Pam talks about the need to read contracts carefully “before” you sign them.

FMX 2013 Announces Pixar Highlights, Cloud Computing and More

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FMX to screen new Pixar short The Blue Umbrella among other key highlights.

DreamWorks Animation Confirms Layoffs

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DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says layoffs already have begun and that 350 of the studio’s 2,200 employees will have been let go by year’s end.

VES Issues Open Letter, Call To Action

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In response to the protest at Sunday's Oscars as well as recent layoffs at Rhythm & Hues, Digital Domain, DreamWorks and other facilities, the VES issues an Open Letter and Call to Action.

Career Coach: The Golden Rule

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Career Coach | Site Categories: Jobs & Recruiting, People
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Pam draws important lessons from the late Huell Howser.

Take The “Four C” Challenge

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When it comes to figuring out what makes sense for you in how you handle your career, there are a few basic principles that might help.

Denial Meet Acceptance

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Denial is a mask, a shroud, a garment we wear when nothing else seems to fit. It’s what keeps us in place, holding on long after we forgot why we were holding on in the first place.

Bobby Beck Talks New Directions in Animation Education

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The Animation Mentor CEO discusses educational philosophy and how his school’s new AMP fully distributed production pipeline meets a changing industry’s needs.

Career Coach: Tis the Season to Give and Receive

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As we start 2013, Pam talks about being open to receiving opportunities, friendships, and help from unexpected sources.

Five Steps To Slaughter Your Career

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When it comes to finding ways to sabotage your career efforts think of how a poor Thanksgiving turkey wound up a sacrifice for the joys of your holiday meal. It’s not so much that you have to be plucked, sucked and tucked to fit into your turkey suit, but what have you done to help escape your fate? Here are five sure fire ways to slaughter your career in any season.