Artificial intelligence may transform hiring across several industries — but a few skills can help most people safeguard their future careers, according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
″[AI] will eliminate jobs. That doesn’t mean that people won’t have other jobs,” Dimon told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” on Sunday. “My advice to people would be critical thinking ... learn EQ [emotional quotient, also known as emotional intelligence], learn how to be good in a meeting, how to communicate, how to write. You’ll have plenty of jobs.”
Dimon’s prediction comes during somewhat of an AI reckoning across the American workforce. Some experts say AI is a factor behind a rising unemployment rate for young people, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warning in May that the technology could erase up to half of all white-collar jobs over the next five years.
Other CEOs see changes on the horizon, too. “It’s very clear that AI is going to change literally every job,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that published on Sept. 26, adding: “Maybe there’s a job in the world that AI won’t change, but I haven’t thought of it.”
For his part, Dimon has previously emphasized the value of leaders with soft skills. Effective leaders have the ability to ask good questions and learn from competitors, clients and their own mistakes, he told LinkedIn’s “This is Working” video series in July 2024.
