After the holidays, job seekers in Korea get down to business: JobKorea data
For many in Korea, the end of a major holiday means back to business — literally. In the days immediately following a major festive break, job seekers across the country launch into an intense hunt for their next career move, according to data released Monday by the hiring platform JobKorea, operated by Worxphere. Looking at resume postings and job applications around the last two years of…
The surge in job-seeking activity in South Korea immediately following major holidays comes to light in data released by the platform JobKorea on Monday. Operated by Worxphere, JobKorea examined resume postings and job applications during the periods following the last two years' Chuseok and Seollal holidays. Both of these are multiday breaks when many workers return to their hometowns.
The platform discovered that new resume registrations consistently increased on the first Monday following each holiday. The spike was most pronounced after Chuseok 2024, with resume postings more than doubling the usual weekday rate on September 23 of that year. The rise continued at a 3.7 times the average daily rate during the holiday itself.
Similar patterns were observed after Seollal 2025 and Seollal 2026, with resume postings rising 46 percent above the weekday average on February 3, 2025, 29 percent after Seollal 2026, and 20 percent after Chuseok 2025. Job applications mirrored this pattern, peaking on the following Mondays.
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