I am a Mudcat member but am posting anonymously in case I am recognised! I am a teacher who has come to the conclusion I need to get out for my own sanity. The long hours, the huge workload and the mindless data-collectors we have turned into means it is not the job I love anymore. I love teaching. I don't love the conditions that go with it. (Anyone who wants to fall back on quips about short hours and long holidays, please leave this thread to those of us who have the reality in mind.)

I have skills in people management, budget management, project management, negotiation, organisation and planning, addressing small and large groups of people, selling ideas - all transferable skills. My question is: where might I take these skills? In what areas of the job market do you suggest I start looking elsewhere? It might help to know I am in my late 30s, so am no spring chicken.