Many professionals who get laid off experience great challenges in trying to find 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 need is much bigger than the quantity of people who are qualified and the hiring inclination is for a older employee 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 openings as long as you are certified. They work in a variety of areas: 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 need.