HempStaff is a Florida-based enterprise focused on cannabis staffing, networking, and educational opportunities.

There are two core offerings at HempStaff. The company was developed to be a combination cannabis head-hunters agency — dedicated to helping cannabis companies find the right talent to fill their high-level occupational vacancies — and an institution of cannabis learning, through which HempStaff offers live, in-person group classes to people around the country who are pursuing entry-level positions at a dispensary or legal grow operation. The classes are also popular among entrepreneurs who are curious about cannabis, opportunities in the industry, and/or the medical and cultural advances that have been made since the era of widespread prohibition.

Finding and satisfying demand for cannabis talent

According to company co-founder and Vice President Rosie Yagielo, HempStaff — put simply — is “in the business of helping people.”

“We’re helpers,” Yagielo said when interviewed by Ganjapreneur. “We want this industry to...