Meet The Team
Gaynor Lowndes
With
20 years of extensive experience as a top-billing consultant
in both Australia and the UK, Gaynor Lowndes has a first-rate
understanding of the recruitment industry and it’s
challenges. Her strengths lie in her passion, tenacity
and her commitment to providing beneficial and innovative
solutions.
Commencing her career with a large multi-national firm,
specialising in the recruitment of accounting staff, Gaynor
quickly climbed the ranks from consultant to senior consultant
to branch manager. She then worked in the UK for the parent
company for 4 years as senior consultant and business development
manager, consistently outperforming her peers, and developing
a standing as one of the top billers in the highly competitive
UK industry.
Returning to Australia in 1993, Gaynor set up an Accounting
Division for a large national firm. After a highly successful
tenure as a training and professional development specialist
with the National Institute of Accountants, Gaynor began
developing and delivering training programs on sales techniques
and the recruitment process.
In April 2001, Gaynor set up The Recruitment Training
Company in response to a desperate need for training and
professional development within the industry, which she
had observed in her time as a manager. Since its inception,
TRTC has trained hundreds of recruiters throughout Australia
and NZ, and has been hailed as the definitive provider
of training solutions to the recruitment industry.
In July 2004, Gaynor published her first book, “The
Art of Recruitment,” which has been hailed as the
recruiters bible within Australia, NZ and the UK. Gaynor
is regularly published in Recruitment trade publications
in Australia and the UK.
As well as training, Gaynor consults to recruitment businesses
on a regular basis which allows her the opportunity to
keep up to date with the market. In addition, she is an
accredited performance coach who specializes in helping
high performers reach their potential (www.GaynorLowndes.com).
Gaynor believes her calling in the recruitment industry
goes further than her role as a trainer. The Recruitment
Training Company is about inspiring and encouraging the
professionals within our industry to be the best that they
can be,” she says. I see the skills development and
training we offer as essential ‘tools’ to help
us fulfill this greater purpose.
Toni Silveira
Trainer, Western Australia
Toni comes to TRTC with nearly 12 years in the professional
recruitment field. She has worked for some of the United
States and Australia's top Recruitment firms including
an International Top 100 Company, as well as owning and
managing a Boutique Recruitment Agency. Her experience
in small to large consulting firms gives her a deep understanding
of the Recruitment market and the different challenges
Consultants face every day.
She started with a small boutique agency in California
12 years ago and learned quickly the importance of
making every contact count. Toni helped that business
open a satellite
branch which is still running successfully to this
day.
From there Toni took the next step in her career
by working for an International Specialist Recruitment
firm for
many years in the USA. Specialising in white collar
placements she used time proven strategies and
incredible relationship
building skills to achieve top sales performance
on
a weekly
basis. After just a couple years with this company
Toni received two of the company’s most highly
coveted recognitions, a top sales award and achieved
over a million
dollars in revenue.
Since then Toni moved to Australia and worked with
a well known industrial firm to get a deeper
understanding of
the Australian recruitment market. She was integral
in helping them open a new division and provided
assistance
in several different role within the organisation.
Most recently Toni has owned and managed her
own boutique agency. Through this experience
she has
gained a deeper
understanding and knowledge of the Management
of a recruitment firm, what it takes to motivate
and
engage the staff while
making the bottom line work for the business.
Using sales and marketing strategies, along
with incredible relationship building skills
learned
through training and
development, Toni achieved consistent top
sales performance on a weekly basis. By staying focused
on the goal,
and making one placement at a time.
Toni’s passion is for the training and development
of others, to help them achieve and reach their highest
potential. With a deep love of the recruitment industry,
she inspires others to get more of what they want out
of their role for the short term, and to keep them
loving what they do for years!
Toni Silveira
Western Australia
M: 0420 982 622
Alayne Baker
Trainer, Tasmania and Victoria
Alayne Baker co managed her own Insurance Brokerage firm
for over 12 years. She was responsible for all of the HR,
recruitment, business development, sales and marketing
for the company. This experience has given her a strong
insight into Sales in any organisation. With over 15 years
collective experience in Sales, HR and recruitment Alayne
understands the needs of businesses in attracting and retaining
talent. Alayne spent several years working for Tasmania’s
largest owned and operated Recruitment and HR Company.
After joining Season Buck, Alayne developed and consolidated
her position as the Permanent recruitment division’s
top-billing consultant. She built a successful desk as
a generalist and executive recruiter then implemented
and developed the Accounting/Finance /Insurance sector
for
the company. After her success in this area she was promoted
to the position of Permanent Recruitment Manager.
In this role she was responsible for the Training,
Coaching and Mentoring of a large team of consultants.
She established
specialist desks in the Aged Care, Medical, through
to Not for Profit sectors for the division.
Out of her continued success in Training and Coaching
Alayne left to develop her own business in this
area in conjunction with HR services Alayne Baker Consulting.
Her current clients range from engineering companies through to community
organisations.
As well as Training, Alayne consults to businesses
on a regular basis on recruitment strategies
and many areas of HR, which allows her the opportunity
to keep up
to date with the market. In addition, she works with individuals in
career
coaching assisting and empowering people to reach their highest potential.
Alayne is a current member of AHRI and past member of
RCSA and AICD. She sits on the Management Advisory
Board of a large private school
in Hobart
as their
HR chairperson advising the board and senior management on HR issues.
She is an active member in the community sitting on various boards
involved in the community
and various sporting bodies.
Alayne’s passion for human
resource development, coupled with her extensive recruitment
experience and proven sales ability means that she can
add value
to any training experience.
Alayne Baker
Tasmania and Victoria
M: 0437 553 341
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