work experiencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwɜːk ɪkˌspɪə.ri.əns/us/ˈwɝːk ɪkˌspɪr.i.əns/the experience that a person already has of working:
Please list your educational qualifications and work experience.
a period of time in which a student temporarily works for an employer to get experience:
Many firms understand that giving work experience to students from colleges and schools will benefit everyone in the long term.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
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