i know many of you are figuring out whatical claptor you re going to bring in. reporter: a new semester has begun at the mildred school in lower manhattan. jeff bodkin lost his full time job as a construction worker and decided to make a major career change. he s training to become a licensed nurse. it s a whole new opportunity and experience. i never expected i d be turning into a nurse but here i am today. reporter: he s not alone in being forced to rethink his career. despite a rebound in economic growth, more than 14 million americans remain out of work. officialness at this school specializing in retraining say it is a whole new reality out there for job seekers. it s not the same old same old. they need new skills to enter the job market because the old jobs are gone forever. reporter: part of the problem, workers in china and
full-time job as a construction worker last year and decided to make a major career change. how is everything, i m jeff, your nurse. he s training to become a licensed nurse. it s a whole new opportunity for me. experience, i never expected in these years i d be turning in a nurse, but here i am today. bodkin is in the alone in being forced to rethink his career. despite a rebound in economic growth, more than 14 million americans remain out of work. officials at this school specializing in retraining say it is a whole new reality out there for job-seekers. it s not the same old-same old. they need new skills to enter the job market, because those old jobs are gone forever. part of the problem, the abundance of workers in china or india, who will do the same jobs for a fraction of the cost. but economists say structural changes like advances in technology are having a bigger impact. even if a you re a small business doing well today, you
so i m not exhibited to barack obama, i m not committed to a republican candidate. i will see who emerges. right now, i do not see on the republican side, any one individual who i think is going to emerge at the top of the pile. so it s going to be an interesting 2011 and a very interesting early 2012 as the primaries begin and they separate themselves. i m not committed to any candidate until i see all the candidates. reinventing yourself professionally. many americans are being forced to do that in a rapidly-changing job market. cnn business correspondent, maggie lake reports. i know many of you are figuring out what calculator you re going to bring in. a new semester has just begun at the mildred ely school in lower manhattan. one of the students back in action, jeff bodkin, he lost his
if you have an underwater mortgage, it s very difficult to sell it it s very difficult to sell a house period in this economy. so if you want to move to a new city to get a promotion, start a career and your house is 30% under water, your options are much more limited than if you could sell it. economists in this camp insist as the economy heals and demand returns, so will jobs. even in hard-hit areas. for s announcement it will hire 7,000 people by 2012 seems to support that. but jeff bodkin can t afford to wait for his old job to return. a family man, he must have a steady paycheck. i hope to finish first of all in september and graduate with flying colors. from there just take off flying in the medical field. hopefully work for a hospital. a former construction worker forced to build a new career in a changing workforce. maggie lake, cnn, new york. and perhaps you re trying to get away from it all on your next cruise. well, not so fast. technology expert, marc saltsman