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 get into a career where the need is much greater than the supply and the hiring preference is for a older employee instead of the young kid. Project Management is such a career. In the Tampa/St. Petersburg market there is a big demand which creates many openings as long as you are qualified. They work in an assortment of professions: construction, information technology, medical, marketing and more. It is your ability to take charge of a project and do the initiating and planning, controlling and execution that is in great need.