The Year-End Greeting Season Approaches... What Will Seoul City's Year-End Greetings Be Like?

With 1.5 Years Left in Mayor Oh Se-hoon's Term and 1 Year Remaining to Work, Full Deployment of Executives Recognized for Their Abilities Expected as De Facto Final Personnel Move

Personnel matters are the biggest concern in every organization.

As the saying goes, "Personnel is everything," it is personnel that drives an organization. A perfect score personnel decision is impossible because the abilities of the person making the personnel decisions are limited.

Seoul City's personnel decisions for next year will be shaped by Mayor Oh Se-hoon's administrative philosophy and future political judgments. In particular, Mayor Oh is expected to bear a heavy responsibility to deliver results in what is a very important year toward the presidential election.

Accordingly, the task is to bring about organizational change through personnel innovation and to achieve results that citizens can feel.

Following this policy, the Administrative Director, who practically oversees personnel matters, draws up the personnel blueprint.

First, those who will be stepping down are taken care of. Then the list of promotions is finalized. After that, the outline of transfers and other personnel moves becomes clear.

This year’s year-end personnel reshuffle in Seoul City is expected to involve significant changes, especially among the vice mayor team and senior officials. It is reported that there will be movements among senior officials at levels 1 and 2 as well.

If this happens, a considerable number of transfers among senior officials at levels 1 and 2 are expected to follow. Organizational vitality requires movement among senior personnel.

In particular, with only a year and a half left in Mayor Oh’s term and about one year remaining to work, it is anticipated that this will be effectively the last personnel reshuffle, placing executives recognized for their abilities in key positions.

Accordingly, a significant number of promotions above level 3 are also expected. So far, five level 3 officials (directors), including four deputy district heads, are set to enter retirement at the end of the year. If the vice mayors and many level 1 and 2 officials also step down, around 8 to 9 positions may open up.

As a result, those slated for subsequent promotions are likely to have high expectations for advancement.

Among the level 3 administrative promotion candidates so far are civil service exam passers such as Lee Seong-eun, Head of the Low Birthrate Task Force; Kim Hyung-rae, Planning Officer; Kim Gyu-ri, Head of Cultural Policy Division; and Lee Jin-gu, Head of Transportation Policy Division.

Also, among general candidates from the 7th grade open competitive exam are Oh Kyung-hee, Head of Education Support Policy Division; Moon Hyuk, Budget Officer; Ko Gwang-hyun, Head of Welfare Policy Division; Kim In-sook, Digital Policy Officer; Kim Kwang-duk, Head of Personnel Division; and Jo Sung-ho, Head of General Affairs Division, who have emerged as strong candidates.

For technical positions, Lee Dong-hoon, Head of Civil Engineering Department at the Urban Infrastructure Headquarters and a 7th grade open competitive exam passer, appears to be a leading candidate.

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