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Good work experience should:
— Teach you new skills
— Highlight which skills you need
— Let you explore a career idea
— Connect you to people you could ask for help/advice
— Illuminate how things work in that sector
— Demonstrate your interest in that kind of work
— Show evidence of your motivation for that kind of work
— Provide you with a contact you could ask for a reference