Chuseok with Extra Pay is a Peak Season for Part-Time Jobs... "But, No Parcel Delivery"

Most MZ Generation Planning Short-Term Part-Time Jobs
"Tight Living Expenses... Need to Earn Money During Holidays"
"Want to Avoid Relatives' Nagging" Also a Reason

With the Chuseok holiday extending to a total of six days including the temporary holidays on the 28th, the majority of the MZ generation appear to be aiming for 'short-term part-time jobs' rather than rest. This is because working part-time during the holiday period comes with holiday work allowances, allowing them to earn a substantial amount of money.

The part-time job platform 'Albamon' recently surveyed 2,324 adult men and women about their 'Chuseok holiday part-time job plans' and revealed that 70.1% of all respondents answered, "I will do a short-term part-time job."

Among those who said they would do short-term part-time jobs, the highest proportion were office workers (74.2%), followed by university students (71.3%) and job seekers (64.6%). The most preferred number of working days during the holiday period for short-term part-time job seekers was three days.

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The desired part-time job fields were mostly in retail and service sectors. In particular, store management and sales part-time jobs had the highest response rate at 43.6%. Next were cafe jobs (32.7%), packaging/sorting/classifying jobs (27.5%), sales/promotional jobs (26.1%), and theater jobs (18.3%).

On the other hand, part-time jobs involving especially intense labor during the holiday period, such as parcel loading/unloading and delivery/shipping jobs, had the lowest response rates at 6.3% and 6.9%, respectively.

A 20-year-old university student A, who chose part-time work instead of going down to their hometown in the provinces during this holiday period, said, "Recently, prices have risen so much that living expenses are tight," emphasizing, "Holiday short-term part-time jobs are a real opportunity to earn a substantial amount of money."

Job seeker B (27) said, "Just lazing around at home is more frustrating," adding, "Going out to earn money seems like a more productive way to spend time."

In fact, according to Albamon's survey results, the main reason for wanting short-term part-time jobs was mostly to cover living expenses or pocket money (60.6%).

Especially during the holiday period, part-time jobs come with holiday work allowances, which require an additional 50% of the regular wage for work within 8 hours, and 100% extra for work exceeding 8 hours. Even with short working hours, it is relatively easy to earn a substantial amount of money.

Following that were reasons such as 'to earn pocket money in a short period,' 'need for additional income due to spending burdens,' and 'to avoid meetings and nagging from relatives.'

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.