Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm làm việc.

Ứng viên means candidate or applicant, especially in formal contexts such as jobs, elections, or selection processes.

In this sentence, it most naturally means a job candidate.

• ứng viên xin việc = job applicant / job candidate
• ứng cử viên is a related word that often means a candidate in elections or competitions

So ứng viên by itself is formal and common in hiring-related Vietnamese.

Có means to have here.

So the structure is:

• Ứng viên = the candidate
• có = has
• kinh nghiệm làm việc = work experience

Vietnamese often uses có for possession or for saying someone has a quality, condition, or resource.

Examples:

• Tôi có thời gian. = I have time.
• Cô ấy có kinh nghiệm. = She has experience.

In your sentence, có links the candidate with the thing they possess: work experience.

Yes, it works as a noun phrase meaning work experience.

You can break it down like this:

• kinh nghiệm = experience
• làm việc = working / to work

Together, kinh nghiệm làm việc means experience gained from working, or simply work experience.

Vietnamese often builds phrases this way, where one noun is followed by another word or phrase that specifies it.

So:

• kinh nghiệm = experience in general
• kinh nghiệm làm việc = work experience specifically

Yes, absolutely.

Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm is very natural and often enough in context. It means The candidate is experienced or The candidate has experience.

Adding làm việc makes it more specific:

• có kinh nghiệm = has experience
• có kinh nghiệm làm việc = has work experience

In many hiring contexts, both are fine, but có kinh nghiệm làm việc can sound a bit more explicit.

Vietnamese usually does not use articles like a, an, or the the way English does.

So Ứng viên can mean:

• the candidate
• a candidate
• candidates in some contexts

The exact meaning depends on context.

In an isolated sentence like Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm làm việc, English might translate it as:

• The candidate has work experience
• A candidate has work experience
• Candidates have work experience

But in most likely real-world contexts, it would be understood as The candidate has work experience or This candidate has work experience.

Because Vietnamese does not always use a linking verb like English to be.

In this sentence, the main verb is already có = have, so there is no need for is.

English says:

• The candidate has work experience

Vietnamese says:

• Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm làm việc

That is a complete sentence.

More generally, Vietnamese often allows direct predicate structures without a word equivalent to English is, especially in descriptions and identities.

It literally means to work / working, but in this sentence it functions as part of the phrase kinh nghiệm làm việc.

So you do not need to translate it word-for-word as a separate verb. It is better to understand the whole phrase as:

• kinh nghiệm làm việc = work experience

This is common in Vietnamese: a verb phrase can modify a noun and help create a more specific meaning.

Yes, it is natural, especially in formal or semi-formal contexts such as:

• CVs
• job descriptions
• interview notes
• recruitment discussions

It sounds a little concise and factual, which is normal in those contexts.

In more conversational speech, people might say things like:

• Ứng viên này có kinh nghiệm làm việc. = This candidate has work experience.
• Người này có kinh nghiệm làm việc rồi. = This person already has work experience.

So your sentence is natural, but it has a slightly formal, résumé-like tone.

A natural way is:

• Ứng viên có hai năm kinh nghiệm làm việc.

Structure:

• hai năm = two years
• kinh nghiệm làm việc = work experience

You can also say:

• Ứng viên có 2 năm kinh nghiệm.

That is very common and natural in hiring contexts.

To negate có, you usually use không có.

So:

• Ứng viên không có kinh nghiệm làm việc. = The candidate does not have work experience.

This is the standard and natural negative form.

A very common yes-no question pattern is to add không at the end:

• Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm làm việc không? = Does the candidate have work experience?

This is one of the most useful Vietnamese question patterns:

• có ... không?

Examples:

• Bạn có thời gian không? = Do you have time?
• Cô ấy có kinh nghiệm không? = Does she have experience?

Usually, no. In this kind of sentence, kinh nghiệm behaves more like the uncountable English word experience.

So:

• có kinh nghiệm = to have experience

If you want to talk about specific experiences, Vietnamese may express that differently depending on context, but in job-related language, kinh nghiệm usually means accumulated experience, not individual events.

That is why Ứng viên có kinh nghiệm means the candidate is experienced, not that the candidate has several separate experiences.

Both are natural, but the nuance is slightly different:

• ứng viên có kinh nghiệm = the candidate has experience
• ứng viên giàu kinh nghiệm = the candidate is highly experienced / rich in experience

Giàu kinh nghiệm is stronger and more descriptive. It suggests the person has a lot of experience.

So:

• có kinh nghiệm = has experience
• giàu kinh nghiệm = very experienced

A rough learner-friendly breakdown is:

• Ứng viên ≈ ung vyen
• có ≈ koh
• kinh nghiệm ≈ king nghee-em
• làm việc ≈ lahm vee-ek

A few important notes:

• ứng has the ng sound at the end, like in English sing
• viên is one syllable cluster with a gliding vowel sound
• nghiệm begins with ngh, which is normal in Vietnamese spelling before i/e
• việc ends with a clipped final consonant sound

The tones are also very important in real pronunciation, so if you are learning to say it aloud, it is best to listen to native audio and repeat it several times. Vietnamese pronunciation is much more than just approximate English spelling.

Not in this phrase.

• kinh nghiệm làm việc = work experience
• đi làm = to go to work / to be employed / to work

Đi làm is more conversational and refers to the act of going to work or having a job. It does not fit naturally inside this fixed phrase.

So you should say:

• có kinh nghiệm làm việc

Not:

• có kinh nghiệm đi làm in this meaning

It follows a very common Vietnamese pattern:

Subject + có + noun phrase

So here:

• Ứng viên = subject
• có = has
• kinh nghiệm làm việc = object / noun phrase

This same pattern appears everywhere in Vietnamese:

• Tôi có một câu hỏi. = I have a question.
• Anh ấy có xe hơi. = He has a car.
• Cô ấy có kinh nghiệm giảng dạy. = She has teaching experience.

So this sentence is a good model for a very useful structure.