The Importance Of Work Through Work Experience

Register to read the introduction… Why is that? Well the reason that knowing how to do a job through work experience is the better option is because the person learns how to complete the job for real (Investopedia, 2011). Anyone can learn how the process of fixing a car should work according to a book however, it takes real skill to be able to do so in practice because there are so many variables that you need to be able to understand and react to. A book can't teach you those things. Through work experience, someone will learn how to do the things they will actually be doing in a job (Smith, 2006).
Work experience can help children and adults alike to learn the things that they need in order to support themselves. Whenever someone chooses to switch their doctor or mechanic they want someone that has experience. Not only do they want experience but they want someone that has been working in that job for a lot of years. That's because they associate years of work experience with knowledge of how to do the job. They don't consider a new college graduate, who has spent years and thousands of dollars on their education, to be as knowledgeable about what needs to be …show more content…
Someone with experience will need to show them what to do (L., 2011). That means the person with experience will not be working like they normally would and the educated person will also not be performing any work. Both of these people will be taking up time and not producing anything at all. This is definitely not what an employer wants when they hire new workers but it's what they get when they choose higher education over increased work …show more content…
They want someone who's worked in the field before and gotten their hands dirty. They don't want someone that has spent years sitting behind a desk learning the bookwork and completing theoretical assignments. As time goes on, more and more companies are starting to realize the intelligence and importance of this ideal. They are beginning to notice that the new employees they hire right out of school are not actually as educated as they thought. As stated in Investopedia "higher education only proves you can succeed in academia, not in a real-world job." What's needed is the ability to complete real-world applications of their knowledge, which schools can't teach. This lack of practical knowledge is costing companies thousands and millions of dollars. That's why the number one attribute they look for in hiring a graduate is work experience (Smith,