YOON&YANG
Seo Jeong Im Senior Advisor
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Seo Jeong Im is a senior advisor at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main areas of expertise include employment and labor.
Mr. Lim is an expert in labor and employment administration, with over 30 years of experience in formulating and implementing practical and balanced policies across labor market regulation, employment stability, job creation, and labor relations systems. He has held numerous key leadership positions, including Secretary in the Office of Welfare and Labor at the Presidential Secretariat, Director of Wage Policy at the Labor Standards Bureau, Director-General of Labor-Management Policy and Labor Policy at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and Director-General for Vocational Competency Development Policy, Employment Services Innovation, Labor Market Policy, and Employment Policy. He also served as the Ministry’s Spokesperson. In addition, Mr. Lim was Chair of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Reconsideration Committee, Commissioner of the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, and Senior Presidential Secretary for Job Creation at the Presidential Office, leading major policy initiatives and administrative reforms. Drawing on this extensive practical experience and deep insight into labor, employment, and human resources policy, he provides strategic and effective advisory services across all areas of labor relations and employment policy.

Experience

  • 2025-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2025-present Specially Appointed Professor, Hansung University
  • 2022-25 Specially Appointed Professor, Korea University of Technology and Education
  • 2020-22 Chief Secretary for Job Creation, Office of the President
  • 2018-20 Vice Minister, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2017-18 Deputy Minister, Employment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2017 Deputy Minister, Labor Policy Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2016-17 Director-General, Labor-Management Cooperation Policy Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2015-16 Commissioner, Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office
  • 2014-15 Spokesperson, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2013-14 Director-General of Labor Market Policy, Employment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2012-13 Chair, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Reconsideration Committee, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2009-10 Director-General of Vocational Competency Policy, Employment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2008-09 Director, Employment Policy Division, Employment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Labor
  • 2007-08 Head, Employment Service Innovation Team, Ministry of Labor
  • 2006-07 Director, Gwangju Employment Support Center, Gwangju Regional Labor Office
  • 2006 Head, Competency Development Policy Team, Employment Policy Headquarters, Ministry of Labor
  • 2005-06 Head, Labor-Management Policy Planning Team, Labor-Management Policy Bureau, Ministry of Labor
  • 2004-05 Administrative Officer, Social Policy Office, Office of the President
  • 2003-04 Director, Employment Management Division, Employment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Labor
  • 2003 Director, Wage Policy Division, Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Labor
  • 2001-03 Administrative Officer, Welfare and Labor Office, Office of the President

Education

  • 2013 Chung-Ang University Graduate School, LL.D.
  • 1990 Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration, M.A. in Public Administration
  • 1988 Seoul National University, B.A. in Social Welfare

Languages

Korean and English