Missouri colleges expand cannabis programs to prepare students for ‘green jobs’ September 18, 2023 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments Karina Hernandez’s ideal work environment is surrounded by plants, with her hands in the dirt. Although she already has a biology degree, she recently decided to go back to school to take classes in horticulture at St. Louis Community College… Read More→
Looking for a Job? The Cannabis Industry Is Hiring in New York. February 19, 2023 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, New York 0 Comments The industry estimates that there could be 63,000 jobs in weed across the state by 2025, many of them in retail and hospitality. The first time Kirk Lawrence got a job selling weed, it was in the 1990s at a… Read More→
How to Get a Job Like Mine in the Cannabis Industry August 8, 2022 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments To find your heart’s work, you must listen within, ignore the critics and be brave enough to leap. In my early 20s, I drove over two hours in the middle of a frigid Michigan winter to see Kurt Vonnegut speak.… Read More→
Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers September 25, 2021 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments An estimated 321,000 Americans now work in the legal cannabis industry, outnumbering the country’s dentists, paramedics and electrical engineers. After a year on the front lines, Jason Zvokel traded in his 15-year career as a Walgreens pharmacist for a different… Read More→
How One Town Is Getting Out of Coal … and Into Legal Marijuana? March 23, 2016 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments HOTCHKISS, Colo. — This mountain town of coal miners and organic farmers wasted no time in saying no to marijuana. After Colorado’s 2012 vote legalizing marijuana, local leaders concerned about crime and the character of their tranquil downtown twice voted… Read More→
Alaska Forecast Predicts Statewide Job Loss — Except in the Cannabis Industry January 12, 2016 AggregatedNews CBE Policy & Employment Law updates, HR and Staffing, Human Capital Management, News & Insights 0 Comments For the second time in nearly two decades, Alaska's yearly employment forecast is predicting job losses across the state. The annual report, published recently by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, is predicting a net loss of about 2,500… Read More→
Behind the Marijuana Boom: It May Not Be the Industry For Everyone May 5, 2015 John Hollon News & Insights 0 Comments Could your next job be in the legal marijuana industry? It's already the fastest-growing business in the U.S. and is expected to generate $10.8 billion in sales in 2019, a huge increase from $2.7 billion seen in 2014, according to… Read More→
Bud Trimming: Yes, You Can Make a Great Legal Cannabis Career Out of It May 5, 2015 John Hollon Human Capital Management, News & Insights 0 Comments VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington’s marijuana business has created a legal occupation that offers career opportunities for bud trimmers. “I’ve done everything from pumping gas to remodeling houses, but I think there’s longevity in this,” 32-year-old bud trimmer Kurt Vermillion told… Read More→