ADDED SUPPORT

 Tune into success stories: womenreturners.com has a library of 100 return-to-work stories and will be launching a podcast on 22 February. Visit techreturners.com for great advice, networks and returnship programmes.

 Free courses to brush up skills or try out something new are available from the Open University (open.edu), Massive Open Online Courses (mooc.org) and Free2learn (free2learn.org.uk).

 If you are going through redundancy negotiation, request outplacement support to help you transition to a new role or prepare you for a job search. You can also pay for this yourself. Try workingtransitions.com.

 A midlife move into teaching is becoming a popular option for second careers – nowteach.org.uk supports professionals into teaching and beyond.