Part-time job platform Albamon, operated by Worksphear, said on Tuesday it analysed and released resume registration and job-seeking data ahead of the 2027 academic year college entrance exam.

According to Albamon, in the 30 days after last year’s exam, the number of resumes registered by members in the age group of third-year high school examinees (born in 2007) rose 290 percent from the 30 days before the exam. The number of part-time job applications jumped 450 percent. Applications in the 30 days after the exam were up 240 percent from 5 years earlier in 2020. That far exceeded the rise in applications across all ages over the same period, which was 65 percent.

It also said resume registrations on Nov. 17, the first Monday after last year’s exam, rose to more than 7 times the average over the 30 days before the exam, the highest of the year. In 2023 and 2024 as well, the first Monday after the exam marked the annual peak in resumes, showing the same pattern for 3 straight years. Albamon interpreted this as examinees who searched for part-time jobs over the weekend immediately after the test starting their job-hunting preparations as the week began.

The posting type that new part-time job seekers preparing for their first work experience applied to most was store management and sales, at 26.3 percent. That was followed by serving at 24.0 percent, specialty coffee shops at 16.4 percent, general restaurants at 16.0 percent, and cashier and counter at 12.4 percent. By gender, store management and sales accounted for the most among women at 27.3 percent, while serving was the most among men at 30.0 percent.

An Albamon official said, "Every year more examinees take on their first part-time job after the college entrance exam and during winter break, and they are emerging as a major job-seeking group in the part-time job market." The official added, "As the country’s largest part-time job platform, Albamon will strengthen services such as tailored posting recommendations so that examinees can safely find their first job, and will roll out a variety of campaigns to communicate with the younger generation."