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

Example Sentences

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work experience

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

Last month, there were 245,000 people between the ages of 20 and 24 with no prior work experience who were unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

He welcomed the national push for work experience and said with placements "extremely difficult" to secure more support was needed from employers.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

And even though I considered myself to be pretty smart, I didn’t have any work experience, at least not any that was on the books.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds