REFRAMING EMPLOYMENT FAILURE_V1.0

Abstract Employment failure is commonly explained through job shortages, skill mismatches, or firm-level constraints. Accordingly, policy responses and labor market platforms have focused on increasing job creation, improving matching efficiency, and enhancing individual employability. Despite these efforts, patterns of repeated job turnover, early exit, and unstable employment persist across industries and economic cycles. This paper argues that such persistence indicates a deeper limitation in how employment itself is understood. Rather than being a temporary outcome of insufficient execution, employment failure reflects structural assumptions that frame employment as a discrete event completed at the moment of hiring. By examining prevailing employment discourse and post-hiring outcomes, this study suggests that a significant portion of employment failure emerges after initial matching, in a phase that remains largely unmanaged. The paper introduces the concept of the Post-Matching Void to describe this neglected phase and proposes that reframing employment as an ongoing process is a necessary step toward understanding recurrent failure patterns. The analysis focuses on problem definition rather than solution design, establishing a conceptual foundation for further structural inquiry. This work is part of an ongoing research and real-world validation process.If you are interested in applying, testing, or collaborating based on this framework, please contact via email. Contact: saneflow@naver.comSupport: https://opencollective.com/reframing-public-systems-by-saneflow-cognitive-lab