The Northwest chapter of the New Brunswick Human Resource Association invites you to a breakfast conference with the RBC Royal Bank Financial Advisor team. Several events in recent years have had a negative effect, even devastating effect in some cases, on pension plans and personal savings. We only have to think about falling stock markets, low interest rates and increasing the age of eligibility for Federal Old Age Security pension. In this context, is thinking about retirement still acceptable today? Attend this presentation on the following topics: • Myths about retirement • Your personal vision of the future • The importance of money at retirement • Retirement trends • New regulations for investment • The role of the federal Government, of the employer and of the employee in respect of retirement savings

Performance appraisals allow individuals to take a step back and create the time needed to consider an employee’s progress. This break provides an opportunity to highlight the positives while also identifying areas that need improvement. This session aims to help the employee, the supervisor and the organization as a whole. However, for some individuals, the perception is that the efforts in terms of time, energy and financial resources are simply not worth the work. The session will cover the following topics: • Performance appraisal objectives • Business rules and the qualities of a good form • Appraisal errors • A manager’s impact: positive or negative? • Performance appraisal approach: preparing and conducting the meeting • The importance of following up

Mathieu and Simon will review several cases that have arisen over the past year here in New Brunswick as well as in other Provinces providing advice, tips and take-aways you can implement in your workplace. Please join us for a high intensity morning session that will cover legal trends in some of the most challenging areas facing HR professionals today. We encourage you to bring your business leaders along. For those of you in unionized environments, why not invite your union leadership!

CBDC Madawaska, in collaboration with the North-West Chapter of the Human Resources Association of New Brunswick, would like to invite you to a special presentation given by Mr. Yves Tanguay, CHRP, Adm. A. Mr. Tanguay will discuss two items of importance to organisations: recruiting and retaining employees. The following points will be discussed: • how to retain employees; and • the steps of a successful recruitment process.