1. Benefits of work experience

2. Allows you stand out to potential employers. Gives you the chance to try things out to see if they suit you. Gives you the chance to find out what doing a certain job is like. Gives you the chance to find out what a company is actually like to work for. It can crystallise your mind about a career path.

3. Benefits of work experience Enhance job applications and particularly interviews, talk more authoritatively and ask the right questions. Understand what it's like to be in a work environment. Work experience can be the kind of experience an employer is looking for.

4. Benefits of work experience Enhance job applications and particularly interviews, talk more authoritatively and ask the right questions. Understand what it's like to be in a work environment. Helps you to start building a network of contacts in an industry which can help you find a job later on.

5. Benefits of work experience Experience of teamwork and development of interpersonal skills (soft skills/ people skills). Develop industry skills – editing, social media, pattern cutting etc (hard skills). Direct and specialist knowledge will often set you apart from others looking for a job. Awareness of current developments in the sector.