Business Acumen Skills: Definition and Examples

Written by Indeed Editorial Team

Reviewed by Gus Pelogia

Updated July 24, 2025

Many jobs require employees to have business acumen skills to exceed in their positions. Business acumen skills are skills that enable a person to understand and manage …

By Elaine Lu Hoffstaetter
Elaine Lu Hoffstaetter Career Readiness Coach (Central Career Services)
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Pre-Grad and Professional School Week, Coming up October 6-10!

Next week, Cornell Career Services and the Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC) are hosting Pre-Grad and Professional School Week, a weeklong series of events for students interested in attending graduate school–whether that’s law school, med school, a PhD program, or …

By Alex Jablonski
Alex Jablonski Assistant Director for Pre-Law and Pre-Graduate Advising
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Timeout With Seby Balan

Call a timeout with first-generation entrepreneur & podcast host, Seby Balan. He joins us to talk about how sports made an impact on his life and how those skills play a role in his work today. Plus, Seby shares what …

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Summer Bootcamp Recordings Now Available!

This summer, the Cornell Pre-Law Advisory Network hosted a comprehensive, four-part bootcamp on the law school application process, covering everything from initial preparations through finalizing materials and navigating the application cycle.

Materials, including recordings for the first three sessions, are …

By Alex Jablonski
Alex Jablonski Assistant Director for Pre-Law and Pre-Graduate Advising
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CUeLINKS Alumni Spotlight: Listening to your instincts with Dr. Mitchell Kornet ’76, DVM ’79

September 2025

CUeLINKS

Tell us about your career journey so far.

“From the moment I walked out of my first visit to a veterinarian with my pet hamster when I was 13 years old, I was focused on becoming a …

By Maranda Miller
Maranda Miller Career Education Specialist (Central Career Services)
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Mark Your Calendar’s For This Semester’s Pre-Law Events!

Welcome back to another fall semester at Cornell! We have a full calendar of pre-law events coming up in the next few months, including informational sessions and workshops, visits from law schools, and, of course, the annual Law School Fair. …

By Alex Jablonski
Alex Jablonski Assistant Director for Pre-Law and Pre-Graduate Advising
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How Student Athletes Can Stand Out in an AI and Tech-Driven Job Market

By: Rob Porter

Aug 25, 2025

How student athletes can identify and articulate skills that demonstrate tech savvy during their job search while focusing on the transferable skills that they have learned in their sport. Disciplined, resilient, collaborative, and able …

By Julie Bazan
Julie Bazan Director of Career Development and Enterprising Opportunities (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
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No Work Experience? Here’s What to Highlight Instead

By: Keith Spencer, Career Expert with AI resume builder Resume Now

How am I supposed to get a job when I don’t have anything to put on my resume?

It’s a common concern for college students and recent grads. If …

By College Recruiter
College Recruiter believes that every student and recent grad deserves a great career.
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Tired of guessing what could have gone better during interviews?

Practice with AI and get personalized tips on how to improve. 

Cornell is excited to offer a new, free tool to help you improve your interviewing skills. Big Interview has interactive practice exercises to provide recommendations from AI within minutes.

By Mia Ferraina
Mia Ferraina Social Impact Career Coach (Central Career Services)
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Students take on summer experiences with help from alumni

By | Kathy Hovis A&S Communications
6/29/2023

“A total of 135 students in the College of Arts & Sciences are able to take on unpaid or minimally-paid summer experiences this year with help from the College’s Summer Experience Grants

By Jessamyn Perlus, Ph.D.
Jessamyn Perlus, Ph.D. Senior Associate Director (Central Career Services)
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