Many managers who get laid off experience great challenges in trying to find the right opportunity to get their career back on track. This is a bigger problem for older workers who can fall prey to age discrimination. One of the most successful ways to avoid this is to [pursue a career where the demand is much bigger than the quantity of people who are certified and the hiring preference is for a more experienced 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 significant number of openings as long as you are qualified. They work in a number 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.