Many managers who get laid off have a hard time finding the right opportunity to get back in the workforce. This is especially true for mature workers who can fall prey to age discrimination. One of the best approaches to counter this is to get into a field where the demand is much bigger than the supply and the hiring preference is for a mature employee instead of the young kid. Project Management is such a career. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg market there is a large demand which creates many opportunities as long as you are certified. They work in an assortment of fields: construction, information technology, medical, marketing and more. It is your ability to lead a project and do the initiating and planning, controlling and execution that is in great demand.