Finding Hope In What You Already Know
| Type of post: | Profile news item |
| Sub-type: | No sub-type |
| Posted By: | Amanda Fisackerly |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Wed, 4 Feb 2026 |
Finding Hope In What You Already Know
Anxiety in career transition is far more common than people realise. At M3 Job Club, we see capable professionals arrive feeling overwhelmed, unsure and sometimes quietly convinced that everyone else is coping better than they are. The truth is far gentler. Anxiety is a human response to uncertainty. It is not a verdict on your ability or your future.
Recent data shows just how widespread these feelings are.
At the Club, we see something powerful happen when people begin to reconnect with what they already know. The skills they have used to support colleagues, steady teams and solve complex problems are still there. They have not evaporated, they simply need to be brought back into view, repurposed, focused internally.
Confidence often returns in small, practical steps. A conversation that lands. A plan that starts to take shape. A reminder that you have handled uncertainty before, just in different circumstances. These moments matter - they build momentum, bring change, new focus and direction.
*Source: Health and Safety Executive, Work Related Stress, Depression or Anxiety Statistics 2024
**Source: HSE 2024
***Source: TUC Biennial Survey, 2026
****Source: MHFA England, Workplace Mental Health Statistics 2024
*****Source: HSE Key Figures for Great Britain 2024 to 2025
Anxiety in career transition is far more common than people realise. At M3 Job Club, we see capable professionals arrive feeling overwhelmed, unsure and sometimes quietly convinced that everyone else is coping better than they are. The truth is far gentler. Anxiety is a human response to uncertainty. It is not a verdict on your ability or your future.
Recent data shows just how widespread these feelings are.
- 776,000 UK workers experienced work related stress, depression or anxiety in 2023 to 2024.*
- 16.4 million working days were lost due to these conditions in the same period, showing how common and shared this experience is.**
- 79 per cent of union safety representatives say stress is the top workplace concern, the highest level ever recorded.***
- A quarter of UK workers report feeling unable to cope with workplace stress.****
- 964,000 workers are currently living with work related stress, depression or anxiety, contributing to 40.1 million lost working days across all work-related illness and injury.*****
At the Club, we see something powerful happen when people begin to reconnect with what they already know. The skills they have used to support colleagues, steady teams and solve complex problems are still there. They have not evaporated, they simply need to be brought back into view, repurposed, focused internally.
Confidence often returns in small, practical steps. A conversation that lands. A plan that starts to take shape. A reminder that you have handled uncertainty before, just in different circumstances. These moments matter - they build momentum, bring change, new focus and direction.
*Source: Health and Safety Executive, Work Related Stress, Depression or Anxiety Statistics 2024
**Source: HSE 2024
***Source: TUC Biennial Survey, 2026
****Source: MHFA England, Workplace Mental Health Statistics 2024
*****Source: HSE Key Figures for Great Britain 2024 to 2025
