We’re reaching the end of the first calendar year of legal cannabis! How is your business doing? What is your employee turnover like? Did you retain employees you initially hired?
We hate to break it to you, but a bad hire costs your business between $25,000 - $50,000. You’ll save yourself money if you recruit and retain high-quality candidates.
Cannabis marketing in Canada is tricky. Many standard marketing tactics are prohibited, so it is important to be familiar with cannabis marketing law. To help you get started you, we’ll introduce you to the rules and regulations surrounding cannabis marketing, share some tips and tricks, and show examples of successful campaigns!
Candidate screening can be a time-consuming task–especially in the cannabis industry. When different roles require vastly different credentials and candidates, employers are often looking for new ways to evaluate potential hires. At Cannabis At Work, we use a variety of methods to help identify your best candidates—one of them is DiSC Profile.
If you’re looking for a job in the cannabis industry, you’ll need to prepare for your upcoming interview. Proper preparation will help you land your cannabis industry dream-job! Not sure where to start? Get some practice with our list of key cannabis interview questions!
You need to recruit the right people to help grow your business—finding the best of the best requires in-depth resume screening. If you don’t have a recruitment specialist to do the work for you, you’ll have to sort through candidates yourself.
Some of Canada's leading cannabis companies are participating in the 2019 Cannabis Industry Compensation Survey conducted by Cannabis At Work and Global Governance Advisors (GGA). This is the 3rd year that Cannabis At Work has produced a benchmark compensation survey for the cannabis industry.
"Building a company's brand is about more than ensuring consumers identify with a product. It's also about understanding a company's culture, working environment and compensation drivers" said Josephine DesLauriers, SVP of WeedMD. "As Licensed Producers looking to attract and retain talent, it's important to ensure we remain competitive and that our industry data is rooted in fair and equitable benchmarking."
Designing compensation programs is a complex and challenging task for HR professionals, finance professionals and executives. In addition to their significant and long-term financial implications, compensation programs impact numerous workplace programs, including: talent acquisition, employee retention, workplace culture, performance management, labour relations and more. As such, it is critical for business leaders to utilize be informed and responsible when managing compensation in organizations.
Back in February, the Growth Op wrote a piece called “Why unions might hit the cannabis industry soon”. It highlighted a number of reasons why the cannabis industry is attractive to union organizers. As an employer or HR Leader in the cannabis space, you may be wondering, should I be concerned about unionization?
