Many professionals who get laid off experience great challenges in trying to find the right opportunity to get back to work. This is even more an issue for workers over 50 who can become victims of age discrimination. One of the best ways to get around this is to [pursue a field where the demand is much bigger than the supply and the hiring inclination 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 significant number of openings as long as you are qualified. They work in a mixture of professions: construction, information technology, medical, marketing and more. It is your ability to manage a project and do the initiating and planning, controlling and execution that is in great demand.