Former McCafferty Auto Group CEO to Keynote HR Summit

Provided by RecruitmentQueen.com:

Todd Buch, the former president and CEO of McCafferty Auto Group will offer the keynote address at RecruitmentQueen’s second annual HR Summit.

The four-hour educational, solutions-based event is geared specifically for human resources professionals and also features peer-to-peer talks, roundtable sessions and discussions on team building, employment law, employee engagement, social recruiting, firing and exit interviews, financial services and more.

“Every topic that we’re covering is so timely and important,” RecruitmentQueen President and CEO Jennifer Schultz said. “Our goal is to have as many HR professionals from the Bucks County area attend the event as possible.”

Buch, who retired from McCafferty in 2014 after 30 years at the business – to discover soon after that he was not ready to retire – will discuss how to “Drive Employee Engagement and Retention.”

“Employee retention and engagement is ultimately an ongoing problem and it’s an opportunity,” Buch said. “The people who do it right are the ones that are the most effective companies.”

At McCafferty, doing it right meant recognizing employee achievements in and outside of the workplace, remembering birthdays, celebrating milestone anniversaries and the birth of children and lending support during tough times such as a death in the family or lengthy power outages following Hurricane Sandy several years ago.

In the aftermath of the natural disaster, Buch said McCafferty put up 100 employees who had lost power and paid staff even when the business was unable to open.

“It’s small things like that that I think make the difference,” he said. “People that are appreciated are more likely to feel engaged.”

In addition to Buch, six other speakers with human resources expertise will lead discussions at the event, which is being held on Oct. 15 in partnership with the Bensalem campus of Gwynedd Mercy University and the Lower Bucks Chamber of Commerce.

• Denise M. Bowman is a partner in the Yardley office of Hill Wallack LLP and a member of its Business & Commercial and Complex Litigation groups.  She focuses her practice on business and commercial matters, including fraud and breach of contract actions, construction defect suits, negligence, insurance, and employment issues, real estate and shareholder disputes, and business “divorces.”
• Felicity S. Hanks is an associate in the Yardley office of Hill Wallack LLP, where she is a member of the Employment & Labor and School Law practice groups. She represents and counsels private and public entities, businesses, and individuals in a broad range of labor and employment law issues.
• CJ Bachmann supervises the Website Design/Development, SEO, PPC and Content departments of digital agency 1SEO.com as its VP of Operations. These departments determine the life of a website. By overseeing both internal and external quality controls, she plays an integral part in the growth and success of 1SEO.com.
• Georganne Ford founded By George Coaching, an executive and professional coaching organization serving small business owners and corporate professionals with the intent to focus leaders and professionals to embrace a higher level of performance.
• Chad Akselrad has been in financial services for 10 years. He has become an expert in employee benefits and has offered advice to many employers on how to retain and attract employees. He also has presented employers with ways to enhance their current benefit packages at no direct cost to the employer.
• Carmine Verrecchia has been in financial services over the past 30 years. He holds a CPA license in addition to being a financial advisor.

If you go

RecruitmentQueen’s second annual HR Summit will be held on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bensalem campus of Gwynedd Mercy University, 3 Greenwood Square, 3329 Street Road in Bensalem. All guests will enjoy breakfast and lunch provided by Gwynedd Mercy. The HR Summit is free for human resources professionals. Space is limited. Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hr-summit-2015-of-bucks-county-attendee-registration-tickets-18012484827

Exhibitors and sponsors can register by clicking here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hr-summit-2015-of-bucks-county-tickets-17266268875. Oct. 1 is the registration deadline.