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

Now Johnson said she’s struggling to get her resume and cover letter through automated application readers that may mistakenly interpret her college graduation date of 2025 as meaning she’s had little work experience.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

He "felt like an awkward spare part" and looked like "the work experience boy", wrote Sasha Morris of the Daily Express, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

More than four in 10 UK teenagers want more work experience opportunities at school, with a similar proportion calling for more guidance on how to apply for jobs, a survey for the BBC suggests.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The government has said its vision, external is to "guarantee two weeks' worth of work experience for every young person" in England.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I signed up to do work experience as a teacher.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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