Pubdate: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 Source: Denver Post (CO) Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp Contact: http://www.denverpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122 Author: Ricardo Baca Page: 17A 500-PLUS JOBS ON TAP AT CANNASEARCH FAIR When CannaSearch job fair debuted in Denver in March, just a few months after legal recreational marijuana sales began in Colorado, organizers were overwhelmed by more than 1,200 job seekers, many from out of state. When the second CannaSearch takes over event space Mile High Station on Tuesday-with employers offering more than 500 positions in Colorado's still-growing marijuana industry-it will be an expanded event that hopes to better serve applicants and businesses alike. In addition to the larger digs, food trucks will be on site for lunch. And the job fair, running 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and free for job seekers, is bookended by ticketed events: an executive breakfast from 7:30-9 a.m. ($50) and an evening reception from 6-9 p.m ($15). The breakfast, CannaSearch cofounder Todd Mitchem said, is oriented toward people who are looking for management and executive jobs. The evening reception will be more casual. The companies looking to fill positions at CannaSearch include Strainwise, Medicine Man, Euflora, Walking Raven and Terrapin, edibles companies Dixie Elixirs and Incredibles and related businesses Mjardin, Amercanex and Hemp Temps. Two temp firms will be there, too. And a word to the wise: This is a job fair, not a party. "I don't go to the Pfizer job fair and take Oxycontin," Mitchem said. "We're stressing that there's no consumption at the event. " - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom