Resources for Technology Professionals

Professional bodies with re-entry programmes

• Daphne Jackson Fellowships – Fellowships with mentoring and training to help people with STEM backgrounds to return after a career break

Professional associations and networks

• SET Women
• BCS Women
• Tech London Advocates
• TechUK
• Equate Scotland – working for gender equality in SET and built environment
• MentorSET – one-to-one mentoring for women in and returning to STEM fields, co-ordinated by WES

Specialist recruitment agencies

• Power to Fly – tech roles for remote working

Strategic Volunteering

• School Gate SET: volunteering opportunities for parents on career breaks to help with STEM in primary schools

Other resources

• Reboot Your STEM Career: Interactive toolkit  to help STEM professionals to relaunch their career after a break

Success stories

• Returning to mobile phone technology (11 year break)
• Returning to software development (14 year break, on and off)

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