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The impact of learning with work experience

  • Date : 30th May, 2023
  • Time : 4 Min Read

A new agenda emphasizing the significance of ‘experiential learning’, results in the recruitment of the occupational industry. A theory explaining vertical and horizontal development simplifies the causal relationship between employment scale and work experience. Vertical development denotes different stages of learning of a person with betterment. Think of a person mounting a stairway. Each time the person acquires new things it increases their knowledge and vivids their intelligence. Whereas a change occurring within a person as they displace from one place to another is horizontal development. The person moving forward carries this knowledge to different situations and places.


How would this concept determine the effect of experiential work on unemployment?


Let’s assume an individual who keeps learning various theoretical knowledge expands their intelligence and shifts to places, yet it does not lead to their growth. What’s hindering their growth is experience. The growth of the person could be relied on carefully understanding how they can utilize their intelligence by transforming them into skills. The mental ability to perceive and develop skills will be provided by hands-on experience in the workplace. Hence the elementary association between work experience and employment is described.


The further exploration part exists in analysing why experiential learning in work is a salient feature of getting placed in a job. Apart from the external factors standing as a reason, there is an internal benefit for individuals by experiential learning. If you are still curious and the three-letter word keeps popping up in your mind, HOW?

“ Being employed is not just for money, it’s to drive the self every day, intending to learn via exploration and perceptions ”


Think of how currently the students are hunting for part-time jobs, internships, workshops, etc. It is partly due to the academic institutes engaging students in projects, fieldwork, and volunteership. Indeed, it has become a societal pressure to insulate growth in practice and not just in textbooks. All these are standing as a gateway to disparate exposure to various work fields. It would ease the process for a student to figure out a career choice, self - interests, reducing burnout in the future.


Global development in every arena is reflected in the occupational industry as well. These initiatives put forward by academic institutions on the job seekers, are aiding the recruiters to identify the potential candidates. It eases the process as every individual is moulded to recognize their capabilities. Every seed is useful, it either turns into a plant or decomposes as fertilizer.

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