From Olympics misfortune to HR guru!

Added by Love Business East Midlands | 7 February 2013

UPDATED: 8 February 2013

Toni had left school with one single minded ambition, to become a full time athlete and to represent Great Britain in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

She narrowly missed out on that honour and focused on qualifying for the Sydney Games in 2000. Unfortunately injury wrecked her dreams and she retired.

It’s testimony to Toni’s ability to turn adversity into triumph that she used her competitive spirit to gain a career in HR .

“It was obvious that I needed to look for a life outside of sport and I was lucky enough to find a company who picked up my education by way of sponsorship and I spent the days working in HR whilst studying in the evenings for my Certificate in Personnel Practice and CIPD post graduate qualification.

"After which I spent time working through the HR career ladder. I have held positions such as Employee Relations Officer at New Look Retailers and Regional HR Manager for Randstad stood me in good stead for a role at Qdos Consulting in 2003 as an Employee Relations Advisor.

"Life at Qdos has been a roller coaster, with almost nine years whizzing by, working in a fast paced and dynamic environment, moving from being an advisor over the telephone, to drawing on all my generalist HR experience to provide consultancy services to our outsourced clients.

"My current role focuses on devising HR solutions for small and medium size businesses and assisting clients with their HR responsibilities and opportunities.”