Big Marijuana Execs Want Young Professionals, Emphasis on 'Professional'

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Weed has gone legit. Gone are the days of seedy back-alley deals and surreptitious deliveries. (Unless -- do you know a guy?) As legalization expands, clandestine dealers are being replaced by respectable mom-and-pop shops, glossy grow-ops, and tourist-friendly "weederies." To solidify its position, the industry is looking to hire a crop of new young professionals. But it will make those hires on just one condition: They have to take this job -- deep breath now -- actually quite seriously.

As the chief talent officer at Viridian Staffing, a recruiting company for the cannabis industry, Kara Bradford is well aware of what people may think they're getting into by seeking a job in marijuana, but she's here to dispel the perception it's all blunts and bongs. The budding (snort) weed industry, Bradford insists, is a network of startups, where flexibility and a capacity for hard work are valued above all else....

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