Statistics show that in the 2015 job-hunting season, more than 10,000 civil servants planned to seek employment in another industry--a 34-percent year-on-year increase, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported Wednesday.

Zhaopin.com, one of China's largest online job seeking website, revealed a report recently, showing that from late February to mid March, people employed in government offices and public institutions became the most active group on the job hunt.

The majority of these job seekers sent applications to companies offering employment in real estate, engineering, IT and in the financial sector, according to the report. These jobs are the most sought after because of their higher salaries and need for employees with government policy expertise.

Huang Ruoshan, a consultant at Zhaopin.com, said that, in the past, civil servants accounted for a very small portion of job seekers.

The recent increase in people looking to vacate civil-servant jobs is attributed, at least in part, to the central government's anti-corruption and frugality campaigns, which has led to a drop in certain social welfare perks afforded to those working in China's public sector.

Many civil servants believed government authorities exert too many limits on personal development, while companies focus more on work performance, added Huang.

In recent years, the number of college graduates taking the annual civil-servant exam has steadily dropped, even though civil-servant positions are vacant.