Many professionals 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 become victims of age discrimination. One of the most successful techniques to avoid this is to get into a field where the demand is much bigger than the amount of people who are certified and the hiring inclination is for a older worker 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 lot of openings as long as you are qualified. They work in a variety of fields: 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 demand.