Hydrolife Canada February/March 2017

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A resume is the beginning of a relationship
with an employer, and maintaining honesty
and integrity with this document will lay
the cornerstone of a successful career.”
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
If a person’s professional history
has nothing to do with the cannabis
industry, he or she can still utilize
the competency-based model to
isolate transferable skills. This
process often requires some
creativity, but it can be rewarding.
For example, if an applicant worked
as a line cook in a restaurant, they
could exhibit his or her transferable
aptitudes with phrases like “Perfected
multi-tasking abilities” or “Expanded
a sense of urgency in the workplace
through high-pressure work scenarios”.
Candidates should also include
any artisanal/home-based cannabis
growing work on a resume. For
example, a proper description
of this professional experience
would be “Medicinal Cannabis
Cultivator: Entrepreneurial/Non-
Profit (2011-Current)” and a tasteful
description of this experience would
be “Produced exceptional organic
cannabis for medical dispensaries
in the Lower Mainland”.
One final tip: don’t exaggerate.
A resume is the beginning of a
relationship with an employer and
maintaining honesty and integrity
with this document will lay the
cornerstone of a successful career.
Kent Gruetzmacher is a
California-based freelance writer
and the west coast director of
business development at Mac
& Fulton Executive Search and
Consulting, an employment
recruiting firm dedicated to the
indoor gardening and hydroponic
industries. He is interested in
utilizing his Master of Arts in
humanities to explore the many
cultural and business facets of this
emerging industry by way of his
entrepreneurial projects.
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