work experience

American  

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

noun

plural

work experiences

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

• work-experience
  adjective

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, he helped start a campus group to help classmates to get networking and unpaid work experience on projects for nonprofits and small businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 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

They are then given work experience at Scottish mills such as Alex Begg, and some like Emma Hyslop manage to secure a job.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The thing is, Social Security is not acknowledging the first 12 years of my work experience, even though taxes were taken out as well as Social Security deductions.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 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