Many professionals who get laid off have a hard time finding the right opportunity to get their career back on track. This is even more an issue for workers over 50 who can fall prey to age discrimination. One of the most successful techniques to get around this is to get into a field where the demand is much bigger than the quantity of people who are qualified and the hiring preference is for a older worker instead of the young kid. Project Management is such an opportunity. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg jobmarket there is a sizable demand which creates a significant number of opportunities as long as you are certified. They work in a variety of fields: construction, information technology, medical, marketing and more. It is your ability to shepherd a project and do the initiating and planning, controlling and execution that is in great demand.