Cannabis Staffing Agency

Since founding our cannabis staffing firm, M&F Talent has watched the cannabis industry flourish. We have also seen cannabis professionals evolve and mature with the industry. For our part, M&F Talent has helped define the hiring criteria of today’s cannabis industry leaders. We continuously engage with both clients and candidates in the development of new Human Resource standards for the industry.

M&F Talent is consistently pushing to understand the complexities of the cannabis industry. This approach is the only way to make sound hiring recommendations in a novel, volatile marketplace. As such, our cannabis staffing firm maintains more than a level of excellence with our operations. We pride ourselves on pushing the entire marijuana industry forward towards professionalism.

M&F Talent draws inspiration from traditional search agencies and contemporary cannabis industry consulting firms. Therefore, we combine a steadfast business understanding with innovation for new market growth. Importantly, “by focusing on the basics” with organization, communication, and follow-through, M&F Talent brings a traditional business sense to the cannabis industry. 

M&F Talent’s experience with technical recruiting is “one of a kind” in the cannabis industry. Therefore, while we are well-suited to facilitate hires in C-level, sales, and managerial capacities, technical placements are one of our defining characteristics. As such, M&F Talent has become the “go-to” recruiting service for specialized searches relating to cultivation, chemistry, compliance, logistics, and more. We also have a knack for working with cannabis ancillaries such as horticultural lighting companies. 

Cannabis Staffing Search & Hire Examples

As one of the most established recruiting companies in the cannabis industry, M&F Talent has conducted an array of searches over the years. Excitingly, as we learn about new candidates in new locations, our network continues to grow stronger and wiser. Therefore, whether you are interested in hiring for your business or finding a career, please have a look at these noteworthy M&F Talent search and hire examples:

Executive Leadership

M&F Talent has worked on several executive positions for cannabis clients. These searches include VP of Sales, Director of Cultivation, VP of Retail Operations, Laboratory Director, COO, and CFO. In addition to our search for C-Suite candidates, we continuously nurture our relationships with past clients. That’s because M&F Talent knows that executive search requires an intimate understanding of a candidate’s skills, goals, as well as career projection.

Cannabis Salespeople

One of our primary focuses as a cannabis staffing company is on cannabis salespeople. To this end, we have sourced sales teams for clients throughout the United States. Because cannabis is a heavily regulated industry, and each market has unique compliance requirements, sales in the industry is a challenging proposition. As such, our sales network reflects talented Salespeople who are knowledgeable about hyper-localized cannabis markets.

Laboratory Professionals 

As the premier technical recruiting service in the cannabis space, M&F Talent works extensively on job searches for laboratory roles. We with both cannabis extraction operations as well as cannabis testing labs. As such, Laboratory Professionals with backgrounds in drug formulation, organic chemistry, food testing, and plant extractions fill our database. Similarly, our laboratory candidates generally have formal chemistry education, including BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from leading universities.

Cannabis Cultivation Teams

We are the only recruiting agency that unifies cannabis, hydroponics, hemp, and horticulture into a single talent pool. We understand the demand for expertise in these fields. As such, we only work with cultivation candidates that are leaders in their area. To this end, M&F Talent cultivation teams are experts on cannabis plant biology, as well as controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems and methods. Moving forward, these Horticulture Professionals will be essential in devising practices to ensure efficiency, profitability, and productivity in cannabis cultivation.

Cannabis Compliance Professionals

As a cannabis staffing agency, we have sourced leaders in cannabis compliance for clients across the United States. In conducting these searches, M&F Talent has seen the many challenges our clients face regarding compliance in this volatile industry. Therefore, our professional network of cannabis talent extends into those fields directly applicable to compliance in specific markets such as the “Illinois pharmaceutical industry.” What’s more, many of our candidates have connections with government employees and liaisons in their particular locales.

Operations Managers

As the cannabis industry grows increasingly competitive, only the most efficient businesses will survive in the long term. To this end, leading Operations Managers in the cannabis industry understand a company’s operational ROI down to the penny. Over the years, M&F Talent has developed a dedicated network of operations professionals with mastery over Information Technology, Standard Operating Procedures, and Logistics Management. In the end, it is these operations managers that will help define the future of marijuana careers.