After the holidays, job seekers in Korea get down to business: JobKorea data

JobKorea said Monday that job seekers in Korea sharply increase resume registrations and applications on the first Monday after Chuseok and Seollal holidays. The platform said the pattern was strongest after Chuseok 2024, when resume postings more than doubled the weekday average. JobKorea is expanding AI-driven job matching and cross-promoting corporate reviews through Jobplanet to support post-holiday hiring demand.

JobKorea said new resume registrations rose 46 percent above the weekday average on Feb. 3, 2025, the Monday after that year’s Seollal holiday.

Resume postings increased 20 percent after Chuseok 2025 and 29 percent after Seollal 2026.

Job applications fell to about 40 percent of normal weekday levels during the holidays but rebounded by roughly 20 percent on the first post-holiday Monday in all four recent holidays.

A JobKorea survey of 1,158 office workers found 44.3 percent planned to prepare for a job change during Chuseok.

Among survey respondents, 83.4 percent were unmarried, 16.6 percent were married, and workers in their 30s accounted for 63.9 percent.

Published Sep 21, 2026 3:06 pm KST

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 Chuseok and Seollal — Korea's autumn harvest and Lunar New Year holidays, both multiday breaks when many workers return to hometowns — JobKorea found new resume registrations consistently spike on the first Monday after each holiday.

The sharpest jump came after Chuseok 2024, when resume postings on Sept. 23 that year more than doubled the average weekday rate, and ran about 3.7 times the average daily rate during the holiday itself. Similar patterns followed: resume postings rose 46 percent above the weekday average on Feb. 3, 2025, the Monday after that year's Seollal; 20 percent after Chuseok 2025; and 29 percent after Seollal 2026.

Job applications followed the same pattern, peaking on the first post-holiday Monday in all four recent holidays, up roughly 20 percent from weekday averages each time — a sharp rebound after dropping to about 40 percent of normal weekday levels during the holidays themselves.

A related JobKorea survey of 1,158 office workers found 44.3 percent planned to prepare for a job change during the Chuseok holiday, with unmarried respondents (83.4 percent) far outpacing married ones (16.6 percent) and workers in their 30s the most likely age group (63.9 percent). Writing résumés and cover letters (25.1 percent) and organizing career histories and portfolios (23.0 percent) were the most common holiday prep activities.

"Holiday breaks are an ideal time for job seekers to step back from their busy routines, reflect on their career trajectory, and map out a job-change strategy," said a JobKorea official. "In line with the second-half open recruitment drive and experienced-hire hiring that gain full momentum right after the holidays, we will continue to strengthen our differentiated services so job seekers can successfully prepare for their desired career transitions."

To support that post-holiday hiring push, the platform said it is expanding its artificial intelligence-driven job matching and cross-promoting corporate reviews through its sister platform Jobplanet.

This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.

JobKorea周一表示，韩国求职者在春节和中秋节假期后的第一个星期一会大幅增加简历注册和申请数量。该平台称，2024年中秋节后这一趋势最为显著，届时简历发布量将比工作日平均水平翻一番以上。为了满足节后招聘需求，JobKorea正在扩大人工智能驱动的职位匹配功能，并通过Jobplanet平台交叉推广企业评价。

JobKorea表示，2025年2月3日（春节假期后的星期一），新的简历注册数量比工作日平均水平高出46%。

2025年中秋节后，简历发布量增加了20%；2026年春节后，简历发布量增加了29%。

假期期间，求职申请数量下降到正常工作日水平的 40% 左右，但在最近四个假期后的第一个星期一，求职申请数量都反弹了约 20%。

JobKorea 对 1158 名办公室工作人员进行的一项调查发现，44.3% 的人计划在中秋节期间为换工作做准备。

在调查受访者中，83.4% 未婚，16.6% 已婚，30 多岁的劳动者占 63.9%。

发布于2026年9月21日下午3:06（韩国标准时间）

对许多韩国人来说，重大假期的结束意味着回归工作——字面意义上的工作。

根据 Worxphere 运营的招聘平台 JobKorea 周一发布的数据，在重大节日假期结束后的几天里，全国各地的求职者都会全力以赴地寻找下一个职业机会。

JobKorea 分析了过去两年中秋节和春节（韩国的秋收节和农历新年，都是多日假期，许多劳动者会返回家乡）前后发布的简历和求职申请，发现每个假期后的第一个星期一，新的简历注册量都会出现激增。

2024年中秋节后，简历发布量出现了最显著的增长。当年9月23日的简历发布量是平日平均水平的两倍多，而中秋节当天的发布量更是达到了平日平均水平的3.7倍左右。此后，简历发布量呈现类似的增长趋势：2025年2月3日（春节后的星期一），简历发布量比平日平均水平高出46%；2025年中秋节后，这一数字增长了20%；2026年春节后，这一数字增长了29%。

求职申请也遵循同样的模式，在最近四个假期后的第一个星期一达到高峰，每次都比工作日平均水平高出约 20%——在假期期间下降到正常工作日水平的 40% 左右之后，出现了急剧反弹。

JobKorea 对 1158 名上班族进行的一项相关调查发现，44.3% 的受访者计划在中秋节假期期间为换工作做准备，其中未婚受访者（83.4%）的比例远高于已婚受访者（16.6%），30 多岁的员工是最有可能考虑换工作的年龄段（63.9%）。撰写简历和求职信（25.1%）以及整理职业经历和作品集（23.0%）是最常见的假期准备活动。

JobKorea一位负责人表示：“假期是求职者从繁忙的日常生活中抽身出来，反思职业发展轨迹，并制定职业转型策略的理想时机。随着假期过后下半年招聘季的全面展开和经验丰富的员工招聘需求的激增，我们将继续加强差异化服务，帮助求职者成功做好职业转型准备。”

为了支持节后招聘热潮，该平台表示，它正在扩大其人工智能驱动的职位匹配功能，并通过其姊妹平台 Jobplanet 交叉推广企业评价。

本文由生成式人工智能协助发布，并由《韩国时报》编辑。