Knowledge gained from having been in contact with the labour market through working.
Skills and knowledge gained from having been employed or during occupation-related assignments.
Work Experience is another of the listed work activities under TANF. (Section 407(d)(4)) As used in TANF, work experience has generally been understood to mean an activity in which the participant does some type of work that provides experience designed to improve employability. Work might be performed for any public or private agency or company. The term is generally understood to mean a program in which a participant would continue to receive a regular welfare grant. However, as the term is not defined in the statute, nor by regulation, there is nothing to bar a structure in which a participant is paid wages for hours worked.
Opportunity provided by arrangements between schools or colleges and local firms to allow pupils to spend some time in a place of work.
Work experience gives career seekers an opportunity to perform actual work in a career area they are interested in.
May be defined as 'a placement on employer's premises in which a pupil carries out a particular task or duty, or a range of tasks and duties, more or less as would an employee', but with the emphasis on the learning aspects of the experience. It provides opportunities for learning about the skills and personal qualities, careers, roles and structures that exist within a workplace or company. Students gain insights into, and experience of, personal responsibilities, competencies, key skills and tasks within the workplace.
Practical experience gained on a work placement.
This is a period of time that you will spend working for a particular company in your chosen career path in a junior role. This will enable you to gain experience in your chosen career. It is invaluable in terms of providing an opportunity to see for yourself what is involved in the work you may be undertaking after finishing your course, and prepares you significantly for your final year of study at University. It will also allow you to put what you have learnt at University into practice. In order to obtain a work placement you will need to contact your placement officer (every University has one), in addition to this you will be required to be studying on a sandwich course.
A period (usually one or two weeks) of unpaid work undertaken by secondary school students as part of their careers education, to provide some insight into the world of work. Compare work placement.
Work experience is the experience that a person has working, or working in a specific field or occupation.