Hydrolife Magazine February/March 2017 (USA Edition)

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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 highpressure
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 California”.
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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