A vacancy can be a job position that is not filled.
Vacant is an adjective that refers to that which is unoccupied or unprovided for . It may be a physical space , a job , or a prize .
For example: “There is a vacancy in the sales department ” , “The coach's resignation left one of the most coveted positions in Argentine football vacant” , “The jackpot was left vacant since there were no bettors with more than five correct guesses” .
Job vacancy
The most common use of the concept is related to a position , a position or a position. The vacancy can be filled by the addition of a person from outside the organization in question (in the case of a job, a new worker is hired) or through an internal movement (if the position of president of a corporation becomes vacant, it can be be assumed by a lower-ranking manager on the hierarchical scale who achieves a promotion).
Large companies often proceed differently than small businesses when they need to fill jobs. Generally, their websites have a permanent section to which anyone who wants to be part of their team can go (under the label "Jobs" or "Work with us", among other possibilities).
This section usually consists of three basic parts: the first, as a presentation, seeks to communicate the professional and personal benefits of the experience offered, often citing comments from several of its employees; Next, the main positions in your organizational chart are detailed, highlighting the possibilities of career development within the company (receiving training that exceeds the limits of simple training for a specific series of tasks, which allows employees to advance within the company. same company as you improve your resume); Finally, vacant positions are listed and a form is presented to make an application .
Another very common practice in large companies is to communicate to their employees about available vacancies and ask them to pass this information on to their friends and family, so that if any of them are interested they can be granted an interview. In this way, companies avoid making their search for personnel public and benefit from hiring someone they trust.
In some contexts, vacancies are quotas.
Places in educational establishments
Training centers have a limited number of vacancies per educational cycle, and often require interested students to pass a series of evaluations. On the one hand, a psychological examination is carried out, which seeks to guarantee the cognitive aptitude of the person to face the educational program of the institute; Likewise, their level of knowledge of the most important subjects, such as mathematics, language and history, is usually verified.
Changing schools can entail a series of special exams , when the school of origin has a program that is incompatible with the destination school (generally, with fewer subjects).
vacant well
The notion of vacant pot or pot is the amount of money accumulated in a game of chance, from prizes that have not been awarded.
In this sense, the vacant pot adds the funds from different draws without winners and increases until a bettor is favored: “Once again the pot has been left vacant in the night pool draw, which already exceeds ten million pesos.”
Other uses of the term
We speak of a vacant see , on the other hand, to refer to the see that has not been occupied since the cessation or death of the Pope or the prelate of a church. Between the death of John Paul II (April 2, 2005) and the election of Benedict XVI (April 19, 2005), the Catholic Church had a vacant seat.
In the field of law , finally, vacant property is known as property that has no known owner.