How to Use work experience in a Sentence

work experience

noun
  • That was one of the first times that happened in my work experience.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Summer used to be time for teens to get a part-time job, earn a few bucks and pile up some work experience.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 12 June 2026
  • Are there skills from your current work experience that could be applicable in other jobs?
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In his eyes, work experience at Palantir is a better teacher.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The college route meant at the end of four years the 22-year-old would have a degree, a little debt and no work experience.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The snack bar serves as a convenience for families and a place for local teens to gain valuable work experience.
    — Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One way to face the fear is to think about all the advantages that come with someone who has a significant amount of work experience.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But Teresa’s exhaustive recall of past work experience is part of the point.
    — Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Schlossberg's work experience was thin.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • The goal is to mold degree programs to the job market’s needs and to get students internships and work experience that can lead to a job.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The grants enable students to gain hands-on work experience while earning a degree or certificate.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Students can choose a college track, direct work experience or the military.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Even the call center worker will have a better work experience by serving up new solutions to challenges.
    — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Those who want to stay on the bleeding edge need to look for ways to capitalize on (rather than minimize) the remote work experience.
    — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • As a result, after 30 years of work experience, men out-earn women by 25%.
    — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Only in your head, mother of a son who fumbled his first out-of-college work experience during a very difficult and painful time in his life.
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The ad begins with a dad struggling to deliver an answer about his previous work experience.
    — Devonne Goode, Parents, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And managers do have a big influence over an employee’s work experience, research finds.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Nobody responds to the wannabe-writer with not enough work experience or impressive pedigree who is cold-emailing you.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 12 June 2024
  • In fact, having such diverse work experience aligns with her approach to reach out to diverse colleagues wherever she’s worked.
    — Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Graduates with little or no work experience are flocking to this unique business degree to stand out in the current job market.
    — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The high school boasts 12 business teachers, most of whom have business or financial work experience.
    — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That would help college graduates get jobs that until recently were reserved for people with two or three years of work experience.
    — Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
  • Supporters say the change is needed to give students work experience and help businesses find workers.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • New grads with up to four years’ work experience are expected to see stronger wage growth next year, according to Glassdoor research.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Her mother was forced to support four kids outside of Chicago without a college degree or any work experience.
    — Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Mobile makeover Starbucks has been taking steps to speed up service and improve baristas’ work experience.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Raess Khan Babrakzai has a college-degree in agriculture, but has not found a job here that can use that degree or his work experience.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The survey mostly tapped women with at least 15 years work experience who have held a VP role or higher.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • María García Castrillón brings a lot to the table in the breadth of her expertise and length of her work experience.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2024

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