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FlowerHire, a leading Staffing and Talent Strategy firm serving the regulated cannabis industry has signed an exclusive Partnership with Leafwire, “The LinkedIn of Cannabis,” which connects over 30,000 professionals across all cannabis verticals – including VCs, investment holding firms, supply chain operators, distributors, manufacturers, extractors, and retailers.
To help the industry and those companies still looking to hire and grow, Leafwire and FlowerHire are also offering 30% off normal placement fees for the rest of Q2. You can contact FlowerHire for more info on the discounted ‘pandemic rates’ at leafwire@flowerhire.com.
According to Leafwire CEO, “We want to do what we can to help more it more affordable for those innovative companies, who continue to move forward and thrive, even in these difficult times. We think it’s a huge opportunity for companies to secure some very talented team members, right now, as there are people currently looking for work, who are otherwise almost always employed. It’s a prime time to be hiring.”
“By joining forces with Leafwire, we have not only broadened our ability to deliver best-in-class executive recruitment and talent services to their passionate user base, but we will also be able to help facilitate meaningful networking and innovative partnership opportunities that will undoubtedly advance the industry,” says David Belsky, CEO of FlowerHire.
Since its inception in 2017, FlowerHire has played a critical role in building, scaling, and retaining world class teams for the North American cannabis industry. Clients include many of the “rising stars” of cannabis, such as DNA Genetics, Papa & Barkley, Kiva, Ascend Wellness, Pleasantrees, and Glass House Group, FlowerHire has placed more than 300 professionals across ten states to date.
“Our mission has always been to build a conscious cannabis infrastructure and community, one hire at a time,” Belsky says. “Through strategically aligning with Leafwire — which represents some 13,000 companies worldwide with members hailing from areas as diverse as Australia, India, Germany, and Colombia, among others — we will be taking our mission to amazing new heights.”
“Discussions about job growth in the U.S. tend to focus on industries such as technology and health care, but the biggest boom over the past couple of years has been taking place in cannabis. Now, more than ever, with cannabis retailers having been deemed ‘essential’ during this coronavirus pandemic, we will start seeing our burgeoning industry among the fastest-growing job markets in America. Leafwire’s partnership with FlowerHire will help exponentially accelerate this growth. We’re truly excited to bring FlowerHire’s expertise onto the Leafwire ecosystem,” says, Leafwire CEO Peter Vogel.
