Competition to secure seasonal workers for this year’s outdoor cannabis harvest has been fiercer than ever, according to executives at recruitment companies.
Many marijuana cultivators have reduced their full-time workforce in recent years in response to inflationary pressures, high interest rates and the steep cost of raising capital – and they’re making up for that labor with temporary employees.
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“There have been a lot of layoffs over the past 18 months,” Kara Bradford, the co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based national cannabis recruitment and human resources company Viridian Staffing, told MJBizDaily in an interview.
“So they’re running slimmer crews and need that additional assistance because of harvest season.”
Total marijuana job numbers declined by 2% since the beginning of 2022, according to an April report by Denver-headquartered cannabis recruitment platform Vangst.
That decline was a first for the cannabis industry since states began legalizing marijuana, underscoring the need
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