Want a Free Pass to the CAHR18 Marketplace Expo?

by PIHRA Marketing | Aug 13, 2018 | Blog, Marketplace

The 2018 California HR Conference Marketplace Expo is a buzzing space full of creative networking, HR solutions, learning opportunities, and plenty of goodies! This year, our Expo offers an unprecedented amount of resources, prizes, and FUN for HR professionals in California. It’s a paradise for anyone who want to make the most out of their conference experience. How would you like to explore all this for free?

Some of our exhibitors have free Expo (Marketplace-only) passes to give away. Seriously. There’s no hook here. Just pick one of the promo codes from the companies below and enter it into the “Priority Code” field when you register here! These free passes are good for a one-day Expo only pass, even if you choose the Monday & Tuesday Marketplace Expo option. The promo codes also take $25 off the price of our Expo+ pass.

Here’s how it breaks down:

Expo-Only Monday or Tuesday registrations are free. The 2 Day (Monday & Tuesday) Expo-Only registration goes from $50 to $25.

Expo+ You get all of the benefits on the Marketplace Expo plus our gourmet buffet lunch, Tuesday Night Event ticket, and access to the Tuesday Afternoon Keynote session with CHRO TED-Style Talks. With a promo code the price goes from $150 to $125.

With over 170+ solutions providers ready to consult with you on your top workflow issues, free professional headshots at The Headshot Truck, three Solutions Stages full of presentations, tons of prizes and giveaways, and even professional coaching, the CAHR18 Marketplace Expo is worth attending, especially for free!

	1) Global Upside: Promo code: Expo25
	2) SullivanCurtisMonroe: Promo code: SCMExpo
	3) CalChamber: Promo code: CalChamberExpo
	4) Amtec: Promo code: AmtecExpo
	5) Fisher & Phillips: Promo code: FisherPhillipsExpo

Here are even more details on why the Marketplace Expo is such a valuable experience. If you haven’t yet, register today to get in on it!

Career Advancement Zone

At our brand new Career Advancement Zone within the Exhibit Hall, you can have your resume reviewed, sign up for a coaching appointment, hop into a Mock Interview to brush up on your skills, and attend career-specific Solutions Stage presentations.

Exhibitions, Solutions, & Prizes

In our Exhibit Hall, take the tour to get your Passport Card (placed in your registration bag) stamped by exhibitors to be entered to win $500 cash from OnePoint Human Capital Management!

Our generous exhibitors are offering dozens of other prizes that you could win just by stopping by! Global Upside (Booth 104 & 106) will grant a $500 Visa gift card, Petaloom is offering a Succulent Social Workshop, HUB International is offering a Michael Kors Cindy Large Saffiano Leather Crossbody bag, and Fluency Corp is offering a $150 giftcard to Fogo de Chao restaurant. View the full list of prize offerings to zero in on the swag (and solutions) you’re most interested in!

Every year, our exhibitors also offer cool services and swag at their booths, so we recommend going off the beaten path to find hidden treasures, and share your findings with the community on the CAHR18 App (login coming soon).

Solutions Stages

If you’re the type who never wants to stop learning, you’ll love our Solutions Stages. During the refreshment breaks, in between checking out the expo, stop by for 15-minute TED Talk-style sessions curated into three stages:

HR Career Solutions Stage | HR Business Solutions Stage | HR Learning Solutions Stage

You can catch HR Solutions Stage presentations throughout all refreshment breaks and lunch on Monday and Tuesday. Below are some sample selections for an idea of what to expect. View the full lineup here.

Monday, August 27 Session Sample: 3:20pm – 3:35pm

HR Career Solutions Stage
The Importance of Influence on LinkedIn, Dania Gelfond
HR Business Solutions Stage
Wage & Hour Nightmares: Best Practices for Small Businesses, Eve Wagner
HR Learning Solutions Stage
HR Certification As a Career Advancement Tool, Brad Wilson, HRCI

Tuesday, August 28 Session Sample: 10:35am – 10:50am

HR Career Solutions Stage
Using Mindfulness and Purpose to Grow Your LQ (Leadership Quotient), Genine Wilson, Kelly Services
HR Business Solutions Stage
Who Let the Dogs (and Cats!) Out? Addressing the Needs of the Millennial Workforce, Julie Ficke, United Pet Care
HR Learning Solutions Stage
The Alternative Dispute Resolution to Humanizing the Workspace, Leila Bidad & Helena Goto, HG Consulting Inc.

View the full Solutions Stage lineup!

Ribbons

Looking for that classic bit of flair to add to your name badge? Our Ribbon Wall will be located in the Marketplace! Remember to leave enough ribbons behind to share among your peers.

PIHRA Experience, Silent Auction, & Advocacy

No California HR Conference would be complete without opportunities to engage with PIHRA! Did you know the PIHRA Foundation hosts a silent auction each year to support HR professionals in need of financial assistance in their continuing education? Place your bids, purchase raffle tickets, and talk to our wonderful PIHRA Foundation board members and volunteers to learn more about the cause.

You can also visit the PIHRA Advocacy Booth, and the PIHRA Experience Booth to learn more about connecting and engaging with local HR issues, communities, and benefits in Southern California.

CAHR18 Marketplace Expo Schedule

The Marketplace is open on Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28 between 10:30am – 4:30pm. We invite you to live your best life at CAHR18 by not letting these amazing opportunities during refreshment breaks & lunch pass you by. When the marketplace closes, it’s gone!

HR Solutions For All at the CAHR18 Marketplace: Part 1

by PIHRA Marketing | May 21, 2018 | Blog, Marketplace

Fact: working in HR comes with challenges. If you need an advanced solution to support your HR operations, the 2018 California HR Conference has your back. At the CAHR18 Marketplace you can meet with and talk to over 170 companies that can make life at the office easier. From applicant tracking and insurance to wellness programs and child care, you’ll find friendly faces waiting to answer your questions and provide live demonstrations of their products and services.

Imagine returning from CAHR18 refreshed, informed, AND ready to crush that nagging inefficiency that’s been keeping your company from rising to the next level. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Prepare to make the most out of your trip to the Marketplace by reading up on the selection of featured exhibitors below.

Montage Insurance Solutions is a full service insurance brokerage with more than 50 years of combined experience specializing in Employee Benefits Programs, Human Resources Consulting, Commercial Property & Casualty as well as Workers’ Compensation.

SHRM – The Society for Human Resource Management is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 285,000 members in more than 165 countries.

Global Upside solves business complexity with world-class HR, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, Compliance, PEO, and Talent Acquisition services.

SullivanCurtisMonroe – Successfully managing risk is the most effective strategy to protect and grow your business. SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services offers complete risk management services, employee benefits, loss control, healthcare management and a wide array of insurance solutions for businesses and individuals.

Lockton is the largest privately held, independent insurance broker in the world, fiercely dedicated to serving their clients, associates, and communities.

CalChamber – The California Chamber of Commerce is the largest broad-based business advocate to government in California. The CalChamber store provides business and human resource managers a one-stop shop for employer/HR compliance products and services.

Bolton gives you a full range of world-class employee benefits, insurance and risk management resources delivered with the service of a boutique firm.

Bright Horizons provides quality child care, back-up care, early education & corporate child care with a curriculum focus.

Fisher Phillips labor and employment lawyers are ready to help you take a stand in matters of wage and hour law, immigration, employee benefits, data security, and much more.

iCIMS provides applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruiting software are designed to help you find and recruit the best talent while engaging the right candidates.

Landmark Healthplan has been providing access to chiropractic and acupuncture since 1985. Our mission is to make high quality, fully credentialed chiropractors and acupuncturists available to Californians at affordable rates.

One point – ONE service provider. ONE seamless solution. All your human capital management solutions – unified by the power of technology.

Robert Half connects employers and job seekers to staff positions in finance, law, technology and more.

LEAPROS strives to become the most trusted national provider of innovative workforce solutions that link employers and professionals.

Amtec provides top technical and professional candidates with the right character, competence and culture fit for your organization.

Leavitt Group is the 13th largest privately held insurance broker in the United States, and provides all types of insurance to businesses and individuals.

Burnham delivers a variety of services including health plan design, analytics, wellness program planning and management, health care reform and compliance consulting, employee communications and enrollment and pension and executive benefits planning.

Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice, with more than 1,500 attorneys in over 75 offices worldwide. Littler represents management in all aspects of employment and labor law and serves as a single-source solution provider to the global employer community.

9DOT help companies put the people and culture pieces together to make great places to work.

Hays is the leading specialist recruitment firm placing candidates into contract, contract-to-hire, and full-time jobs in A&F, construction, IT, property, and pharma across the US.

Kelly Services is a global leader in workforce management solutions offering staffing services to top companies across a variety of industries.

Join us at the 2018 California HR Conference Marketplace to bring home advanced solutions for your business.