work experience

work experience
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work experience UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE
mainly UK a period of time during which a young person, usually a student, works for a company or organization in order to get experience of a particular type of work: »

Networking, work experience, and shadowing are now usual steps on the path to employment.

do/gain/get work experience »

Every student can do a year's work experience in commerce, industry or the public sector.

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a work experience placement/scheme/opportunity

offer/provide work experience »

Nine out of ten of the firms surveyed were in favour of offering work experience to pupils from disadvantaged areas.

Compare INTERNSHIP(Cf. ↑internship)
the jobs that someone has had, or the type of work they have done, in the past: »

Despite advanced degrees and years of work experience, women are still under-represented in the higher echelons of business.

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Applicants with few marketable skills and little work experience struggle in today's job market.

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practical/relevant/valuable work experience


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • work experience — work ex,perience noun uncount 1. ) the experience and skills you gain in doing a particular job: We are looking for someone with a lot of relevant work experience. 2. ) BRITISH a period of time that a young person spends working to get experience …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • work experience — noun A scheme by which school leavers work unpaid for a company or organization for a short time in order to gain experience of working life • • • Main Entry: ↑work …   Useful english dictionary

  • work experience — ► NOUN ▪ short term experience of employment, arranged for older pupils by schools …   English terms dictionary

  • work experience — noun 1 the experience you have had of working in a particular type of job: She s well qualified but has no relevant work experience. 2 BrE a period of time that a young person spends working in a particular place, as a form of training …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • work experience — /ˈwɜk əkspɪəriəns/ (say werk uhkspearreeuhns) noun experience of a real work situation, especially that provided to high school students so that they can test their choice of career against firsthand observation …  

  • work experience — UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) the experience and skills that you gain in doing a particular job 2) British a period of time that someone, especially a young person, spends working somewhere in order to get experience of a particular type of job …   English dictionary

  • work experience — noun A short unpaid period of time at a workplace, to gain experience of a working environment …   Wiktionary

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