--- title: HR’s new best friend description: We reintroduced ourselves to HRPA and chatted with HR industry leaders, showcasing all of what our Human Resources module has to offer today's workforce. image: https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/HRPA-2-1.jpg --- [Skip to main content](https://blog.payworks.ca/hrs-new-best-friend#maincontent) [Skip to footer](https://blog.payworks.ca/hrs-new-best-friend#footer-en) ![HRPA photos. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/HRPA-2-1.jpg) # HR’s new best friend Feb 01, 2019 [Events](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/events) ![Payworks](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20February%202019/Images/inTheLoop-ring-150px.png) Payworks Share this article [![Share this on Facebook.](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20February%202019/Images/button.gif)](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.payworks.ca/hrs-new-best-friend) [![Share this on Twitter.](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20February%202019/Images/button.gif)](http://twitter.com/share?text=A%20great%20article%20from%20Payworks!&url=https://blog.payworks.ca/hrs-new-best-friend) [![Share this on LinkedIn.](https://blog.payworks.ca/hubfs/Payworks%20February%202019/Images/button.gif)](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.payworks.ca/hrs-new-best-friend&title=&summary=&source) [Payworks](http://www.payworks.ca) ‘reintroduced’ itself to the HR industry at the [Human Resources Professional Association’s (HRPA) Annual Conference and Trade Show](https://www.hrpa.ca/) January 30 through February 1 in Toronto. Having attended this very trade show in the past - with a few years on hiatus in between - Payworks’ booth theme was **“Hello! My Name is Payworks”** which meant we had lots of cool swag items to give away as a part of our prize packages, to booth visitors, and at the Speaker Session we sponsored. ![Prize pack. ](https://blog.payworks.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Payworks_HRPA_1200x630_prize_lunchbag.jpg?width=524&name=Payworks_HRPA_1200x630_prize_lunchbag.jpg)Payworks was the exclusive sponsor of [Justin Shemeley’s session ‘Leveraging Strategic Workforce Planning to Have a Stronger Voice in the Boardroom’](https://hrpaconference.ca/conference/schedule/#/session/leveraging-strategic-workforce-planning-to-have-a-stronger-voice-in-the-boardroom/) with the 130 attendees receiving everything an employee needs/wants on their first day of work: a lunch kit, PopSocket, pen, notepad, coffee mug, food saver container, and chocolate bar. Alongside the snazzy swag at HRPA, we also debuted our super cool pop-up trade show booth! Accompanying our sleek and modern new booth, we also launched the latest design of our product information sheets. You can look forward to seeing our new designs at all of the upcoming trade shows in 2019 (and beyond)! ![Five Payworks staff at the Payworks tradeshow booth.](https://blog.payworks.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/2019-02-01%2009.55.49.jpg?width=540&name=2019-02-01%2009.55.49.jpg) To see more photos from HRPA, check out the following hashtags on social: [#HiMyNameIsPayworks](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HiMyNameIsPayworks&src=typd) [#HRsNewBestFriend](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HRsNewBestFriend&src=typd). Key topics in this article: [Events](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/events)[Business Owner](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/business-owner)[HR Management](https://blog.payworks.ca/tag/hr-management) These articles are produced by Payworks as an information service. 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