Only hard work is not enough for success, says Jamie Dimon: Here’s what budding professionals must learn

"It's not enough anymore to say, “I can work hard," said Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, in a recent interview with CNN. "When you graduate, whether it's high school, community college, or college, you need the skills to get the job. ’ In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory job in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, and a car, and that may not be true anymore.” It’s a stark truth delivered by one of Wall Street’s most enduring figures, and a truth that slices through the nostalgia of the American dream. For decades, hard work was the universal currency of success. It was the moral backbone of a country that promised upward mobility to anyone willing to roll up their sleeves. But as Dimon points out, that compact is showing signs of stra