By John Levy The marijuana market is among the fastest growing of all time. It is also becoming more socially acceptable, and as such, many young people are opting for a career in the cannabis industry. According to Forbes, the pot sector will create more employment than manufacturing by 2020. There are many job opportunities Read the full article…
NEW YORK: New data shows that the growing legal cannabis industry is strongly contributing to job creation. A recent report by New Frontier Data, which provides comprehensive analysis and reporting for the cannabis industry, projects that by 2020, the legal cannabis market will create more than a quarter million jobs for American workers. The legal cannabis Read the full article…
OHIO: HempStaff, a medical marijuana recruiting and training agency, is hosting three Medical Marijuana Dispensary Agent Training Classes in Ohio this summer as the state gets ready for the implementation of the state’s Medical Marijuana Program. The first class will be held June 3rd in Cleveland at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 4900 Emerald Court Southwest, Cleveland. The second is slated for June Read the full article…
COLORADO: Highest Reward, a Denver-based canna-tech startup providing affordable online solutions that automate the human resource process, is surveying cannabis establishing HR benchmarks for the Cannabis industry. For the second year running, the company is asking participants in the legal marijuana industry to detail how the fastest growing industry in the country is managing HR. Ashley Afable, Read the full article…
OREGON: The goal of the Oregon Cannabis Jobs Report is simple: To establish a foundation for future research on how many jobs are being created within the cannabis industry to date. As new Cannabis economies come online across the United States and around the world, it is imperative that we track the growth of this Read the full article…
OREGON: The day when recreational marijuana will be available for purchase in Oregon is fast approaching. At the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, jobs are being created to get ready for implementing recreational marijuana policies. Some context: On Oct. 1, medical marijuana dispensaries in most areas will begin selling some kinds of marijuana products to consumers. Read the full article…
Last month the Marijuana Business Association (MJBA) hosted the first ever cannabis job fair in Spokane, WA. As part of our MJ Research’s effort to provide business intelligence to participants in the legal cannabis industry, we surveyed more than 110 hiring managers, employees and job candidates online and at the event. From analysis of this Read the full article…
CALIFORNIA: You could spot the line from blocks away: a huge aggregation of professionally dressed folks ran down the length of one city block, around a corner, and down another. Though the age of the people in the line was fairly young–folks mainly in their 20s and early 30s–this line was not for tickets to an Read the full article…
NEW JERSEY: The marijuana job market saw unprecedented growth in 2014 with the evolution of recreational businesses in Colorado as well as the continued advancement of investment into business infrastructures for the medically legal states as well as the marketing of ancillary products and services. Consistent with other industries as they evolve, legal marijuana is seeing Read the full article…
NEW JERSEY: The budding pot industry is creating a tech boomlet. Entrepreneurs David Bernstein and Vlad Stelmak are two of the growing number of businesspeople to get a whiff of the possible profits as more than 20 states have now passed pot-friendly laws. Their brainstorm? A website and app — WeedHire.com— devoted to helping people find Read the full article…