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After a tumultuous year, the cannabis industry finds itself in a place many industries wish to be in: An advantageous situation.
While facing industry setbacks, cannabis mostly survived through the coronavirus pandemic due to various regulatory wins via essential statuses granted and cannabis reforms in several states.
The wins helped the industry thrive, leading to hiring upticks in most American markets.
Staffing experts in the cannabis industry say 2021 should bring more of the same in the form of opportunity and the roles offered.
A Plethora Of Job Opportunities In 2021
The cannabis market touches just about every job function, leaving it difficult to pinpoint one clear-cut, in-demand job. That scenario was the case in 2020 and will remain the same this year.
Despite disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the legal marijuana market survived or even thrived throughout 2020 as an essential service.
As such, both temporary and permanent hirings surged in the weeks and months after quarantine orders were first put in place.
By March, staffing agencies reported nearly 100% increases in temp hirings.
In July, Marijuana Business Daily forecasted that employment could grow 50% during 2020 surpassing computer programmers in the process. By 2024, the legal U.S. market could support between 470,000 and 575,000 full-time jobs.
There were also waves of layoffs hundreds at a time in some instances from companies such as
Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE:ACB),