Marijuana Job Workshop In New Jersey Will Train 'Budtenders'

Are you itching to get a foothold in the burgeoning medical marijuana industry in New Jersey? There’s a class for that.

On Saturday, May 5, 2018, self-described “marijuana industry headhunters” HempStaff will host a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Training seminar at the Embassy Suites Newark Airport, 95 International Boulevard in Elizabeth. The four-hour course will be offered at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Learn more here.

Here’s how HempStaff describes the seminar, which has a focus on “budtender” jobs that directly serve patients at dispensaries:

“This is a professional training course to teach you what you need to know about cannabis and your state’s cannabis laws so that you can apply to work in a medical marijuana dispensary… After passing the course, HempStaff offers you a resume review to help you get your document looking the best that it can before you start sending it out for posted positions. And of course, when our recruiters are contracted to fill entry level dispensary agents or cultivation site workers, we review our student’s resumes and contact them first.”

HempStaff adds:

“Our trainer is flown in from Colorado specifically to teach this class and has plenty of inside information on how this industry works… We know that laws are constantly updated in the early months of the MMJ program. That's why, once you take our professional training class, you are welcome to return to any future training session, based on availability, at no charge.”

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Cannabis experts in New Jersey have recently been lauding the opportunities for those green of thumb in the state’s growing marijuana industry.

"The excitement surrounding the legal cannabis industry and New Jersey's role and opportunities is amazing," Scott Rudder, president of the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association recently told Patch.

"After 80 years of prohibition, cannabis has been given a bad reputation based on outdated information and stereotypes which still cause concerns for some people today," Rudder said. "Once you get a look at recent statistical data as well as research conducted by scientists and medical professionals, you learn that this plant - which has been part of our cultural and medical history for thousands of years - is just a plant."

According to Rudder, some already-available legal jobs in the New Jersey medical marijuana industry include store managers, "grow masters," lawyers, social media specialists, security and IT workers.

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Photo: HempStaff