The phrase "a formal background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's education, training, or experience that is structured and adheres to established standards, often in a professional context.
Example: "She has a formal background in finance, which makes her an excellent candidate for the position."
Alternatives: "an academic background" or "a professional background".
This humble papering provides a formal background for her work and helps steer it away from pomposity.
Even though I didn't have a formal background in technology specifically, I'd done a lot of science and technology studies.
In recent years, it's become increasingly common to find marketing directors who have a formal background in statistics and, over time, we expect a growing proportion of senior marketing roles will require these capabilities.
I have a vision that I want to achieve, and it hasn't been a huge problem so far for me, the fact that I don't have a formal background in art history".
About 85percentt of Duo Security's hires do not have a formal background in information security, Nather said, yet the company's clients — which include Facebook, Paramount Pictures, Toyota and Yelp — report being extremely satisfied with their work.
"I didn't have a formal background in programming or hardware, yet I was charged to build the single largest router that has ever been built, even today, from scratch with a $500m budget". Bates clearly likes big things.
While Mr. Birnecker has family ties to Austria's ancient distilling traditions, none of the four came to their new lives with any formal background in the alcohol business.
Whilst sometimes covering technical aspects, this second edition of Simulating Social Complexity is designed to be accessible to a wide range of researchers, including both those from the social sciences as well as those with a more formal background.
I don't have formal training in this at all, so I do wish I had a little more formal background.
Despite his frequent appearances on cable news and his easy rapport with reporters, Scaramucci remains an unusual choice for the role as he has no formal background crafting a communications strategy.
His newly appointed finance minister, Jan Pociatek, is a little-known restaurateur with no formal background in economics.The new government has inherited a very strong economy and is unlikely to ruin it.
