Definition: Job vacancy

Category: Labour market

A paid post that is newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant: 

(a) for which the employer is taking active steps and is prepared to take further steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned; and
(b) which the employer intends to fill either immediately or within a specific period of time. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:145:0234:0237:EN:PDF
Source:
European Union, Regulation (EC) no 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies
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