work experience

American  

[wurk-ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ˈwɜrk ɪkˌspɪər i əns /

noun

• work experiences
  plural

1. time spent at one or more paid jobs, especially as detailed on a resume or contributing to one's readiness for further employment.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• work-experience
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• work experiences
  plural

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

work experience

Milburn also emphasised the difficulty some young people face when trying to find work experience placements.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

There were still 245,000 unemployed people between 20 and 24 with no prior work experience, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Academi Adra were offering courses, and almost 16 weeks of work experience and at the end they decided to keep me on as a labourer. I did that for a year," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Many of the roles appear neatly suited to his work experience as an engineer in the tech sector who also has counseling experience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Come work experience week, another boy and I were shipped off to a Catholic elementary school I’d never heard of.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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