Many managers who get laid off struggle to find the right opportunity to get their career back on track. This is especially true for workers over 50 who can fall prey to age discrimination. One of the most successful approaches to avoid this is to [pursue a field where the demand is much bigger than the amount of people who are certified and the hiring preference is for a mature employee instead of the young kid. Project Management is such an opportunity. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg market there is a large demand which creates a significant number of 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 drive a project and do the initiating and planning, controlling and execution that is in great demand.