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The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center held a ceremony dedicating its central utility plant after the late Jeffrey W. Bodkin June 2.

>> 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 sc...

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...

>> 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...

>> 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. >>...