This is the 4th installment of Career Coach, our monthly column by Pamela
Thompson, a noted authority on jobs and recruiting within the animation and
visual effects industries: It's bound to happen to you sooner or later.
What should you do when you lose your job? Don't despair or take it
personally. Assess your skills, focus on what you'd like to do next, and
get moving. Here are some tips to landing a new job...


Emru Townsend's new column debuts today as well. In this column titled "2D
Computer Animation Workshop," Emru will write monthly about how to use
personal computers and other inexpensive tools to handle various facets of
the 2D cel animation process. In addition to his introductory column, Emru
tackles the task of automating the creation and use of exposure sheets in
the first of a two part series.


We've also added a slew of indexed new links to articles from Animation
World Magazine.


For students, and seasoned professionals alike, AWN's Student Corner
provides a fast, easy to navigate search tool that puts the depth and
breadth of AWN's resources right at your fingertips. Visit AWN's Student
Corner at:


www2.awn.com/studentcorner.