work experience
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Even more emailed afterward to find out how they could line up some work experience, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
She said that McDonald's has a history of work experience in its restaurants and a very young workforce – with 100,000 of its staff under the age of 25.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“Translate what they’re doing in their classrooms, in cocurricular activities, into a skills-based language” if they don’t have much work experience.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
It also takes away one year in the workforce, causing them to forgo the benefits of an additional year of work experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 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
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