More than 76 percent of the surveyed students who had applied for jobs on the online employment service network said they must work to earn money to live, while over 61 percent said they need work experience and some 50 percent said they need the money to pay tuition fees or education loans.

The number surpassed 100 percent because respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer to the question of why they want to work during the summer vacation.

Notably, 7.73 percent of the respondents said they want money to buy luxury designer products, according to the survey that was conducted online June 6-19. A total of 1,776 valid samples were collected.

The survey had a margin of error of 2.3 percentage points.

Asked about their conditions for selecting a job, 70.9 percent of the respondents said their first consideration is that the workplace has to be close to where they live, 45.3 percent said it depends on how much they get paid, and 40.75 percent said a safe and non-shady workplace is their first consideration.

1111 Job Bank spokesman Ryan Wu analyzed that increasing transport costs caused by fuel price hikes is the reason job seekers list the travel distance as their top consideration.

The poll shows that a trend toward working in the summer vacation is increase among students in Taiwan because of an overall increase in consumer prices, with 90.37 percent of the respondents saying they plan to work this summer, with 74.49 percent planning to find part time work and 15.88 percent having already found a job.

The percentage is markedly higher than the 85.66 percent recorded last year, 1111 Job Bank said.

In terms of wages, students who already have summer jobs said they earn an average NT$105 (US$3.46) per hour and work an average 25.84 hours per week.

However, those who have not yet found work said they expect NT$112 per hour, according to the survey.

The poll results also show that the top 10 jobs among students seeking or having part-time work are working at a restaurant (45.55 percent); office clerk (33.08 percent); data entry personnel (28.41 percent); school assistant (22.24 percent); cram school employee (19.33 percent); shopping mall employee (18.88 percent); convenience store employee (18.5 percent); receptionist (16.51 percent); tutor (14.41 percent); and entertainment park employee (9.47 percent).