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SUE BLACK

Welcome back. I hope you’ve been able to start networking using your LinkedIn account and catching up with old contacts. This week, you'll be looking at what is going on in your industry.

If you've been away from work for a while, it's easy to feel that your skills and knowledge are maybe out-of-date. Especially in fast-moving fields like technology and scientific research, things move and change very rapidly and you might be feeling out of touch. So this week, you're going to discover what some of the latest trends are in the different STEM-based industries and what new areas are likely to be growing in the next few years. Although I don't have a crystal ball, it's clear there are some very exciting new areas of development coming up. And this can be a chance for you to reassess what interests and excites you and what new opportunities might be out there.