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Even though hard-hit industries like leisure and hospitality and manufacturing have recovered in recent months compared with the same time last year, both industries have employment levels well below pre-pandemic levels, according to the May employment figures from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.

From hourly workers to C-suite executives, the state’s marijuana industry isn’t facing the same difficulties in hiring as some other industries, executives at marijuana staffing companies and economists say.

While they say a myriad of factors that make hiring more difficult are still present — such as limited child care options for workers with kids, fear of contracting COVID-19 and more generous unemployment benefits — the excitement around the industry, opportunities for growth and often higher starting wages, outweigh those factors.

To read more, click on https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2021/07/06/hiring-michigan-cannabis-industry-jobs/7832788002/

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