Many professionals who get laid off struggle to find the right opportunity to get back in the workforce. This is especially true for workers over 50 who can become victims of age discrimination. One of the best approaches to counter this is to get into a career where the demand is much greater than the quantity of people who are qualified and the hiring preference is for a older employee instead of the young kid. Project Management is such an opportunity. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg jobmarket there is a sizable demand which creates a significant number of opportunities as long as you are qualified. They work in a mixture of areas: 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.