Renderpartial or renderaction - asp.net-mvc-2

Question

have an action that generates active vacancies. The code is below;
public ViewResult OpenVacancies()
{
var openvacancies = db.GetActiveVacancies();
return View(openvacancies);
}
I want to use this list on several pages so i guess the best thing to use is html.renderaction (please correct me if i am wrong here).
Please note that the view and .ascx control are in an Area.
I then created a view by right clicking inside the action and create a .ascx and a strongly typed view of Vacancy. I chose a view content of "List".
I then added this line to the required page;
Please note that the view and .ascx control are in an Area.
The error i got is;
The type or namespace name 'Vacancy' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
the .ascx code is below;
>" %>
<table>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>
VacancyID
</th>
<th>
JobTitle
</th>
<th>
PositionID
</th>
<th>
LocationID
</th>
<th>
JobDescription
</th>
<th>
JobConditions
</th>
<th>
Qualifications
</th>
<th>
RequiredSkills
</th>
<th>
Certifications
</th>
<th>
AdvertDate
</th>
<th>
AdvertExpiryDate
</th>
<th>
Status
</th>
<th>
StaffLevel
</th>
<th>
LineManagerEmail
</th>
<th>
ApprovalFlag
</th>
<th>
RequisitionDate
</th>
</tr>
<% foreach (var item in Model) { %>
<tr>
<td>
<%= Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id=item.VacancyID }) %> |
<%= Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id=item.VacancyID })%> |
<%= Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.VacancyID })%>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.VacancyID) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.JobTitle) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.PositionID) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.LocationID) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.JobDescription) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.JobConditions) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.Qualifications) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.RequiredSkills) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.Certifications) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(String.Format("{0:g}", item.AdvertDate)) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(String.Format("{0:g}", item.AdvertExpiryDate)) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.Status) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.StaffLevel) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.LineManagerEmail) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(item.ApprovalFlag) %>
</td>
<td>
<%= Html.Encode(String.Format("{0:g}", item.RequisitionDate)) %>
</td>
</tr>
<% } %>
</table>
<p>
<%= Html.ActionLink("Create New", "Create") %>
</p>

Answer 1

First, if you simply want to reuse your view on multiple pages, you should be using a shared partial view (place it in the Shared folder) with <% Html.RenderPartial("OpenVacancies"); %>.
Second, based on your code snippet, your partial view doesn't appear to be strongly typed. Instead of
<%# Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
you will want something like this:
<%# Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<IEnumerable<Vacancy>>" %>