Many managers who get laid off experience great challenges in trying to find the right opportunity to get back in the workforce. This is a bigger problem for older workers who can fall prey to age discrimination. One of the best ways to avoid this is to get into a field where the demand is much bigger than the number of people who are certified and the hiring preference is for a mature worker instead of the young kid. Project Management is such an opportunity. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg jobmarket there is a large demand which creates a lot of openings as long as you are qualified. They work in a number 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 demand.