New Job - New Career? Looking for Inspiration?

There has been much talk lately about people struggling to find jobs in the current jobs market (e.g. the recent BBC Panorama programme Finished at Fifty?). Much of this is accompanied with a sense of hopelessness and despondency from TV, radio and other media messages. Of course the job market is tough at the moment. If you are one of those struggling to keep enthusiastic and motivated, here is the first in a new series of articles based on real people's real stories that might inform and inspire you to keep going or to try something new.