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TeamTemps Branch Manager Sean Panizzi, left, and President Giovanni Panizzi.<\/em><\/p>\n When TeamTemps Personnel Staffing started 30 years ago, owner Giovanni Panizzi never imagined that the company would expand into 12 states with more than 500 employees.Giovanni, along with his wife Carolyn who passed away in 2006, opened TeamTemps in Valdosta during a time when the concept of using temporary workers was not as popular as it was in metro areas.<\/p>\n Giovanni, along with his wife Carolyn who passed away in 2006, opened TeamTemps in Valdosta during a time when the concept of using temporary workers was not as popular as it was in metro areas.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we started, our biggest obstacle was companies didn\u2019t know what we did and how we could serve them,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cIn those days there were job placement companies, where the employees paid 10 percent of their annual salary to get a job. These were corporate headhunters.\u201d<\/p>\n In the first few years of TeamTemps operation, the primary request for staff was clerical, light industrial, and service-related work.<\/p>\n \u201cA company would call and need someone to fill in for one or two weeks,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cAbout 90 percent of our business was office staff.\u201d<\/p>\n The shift toward placing more manufacturing skilled workers came several years later.<\/p>\n \u201cOne day we received an order for 30 industrial workers and that was the tipping point,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cSome of the companies where we placed clerical staff, now wanted industrial workers.\u201d<\/p>\n Today, TeamTemps places the majority of workers in production, logistics, and administrative jobs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe numbers have flipped from when we started,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cNow clerical is about 15 percent and industrial jobs are 85 percent of placement.\u201d<\/p>\n In 1995, Giovanni\u2019s son, Sean Panizzi, joined TeamTemps as the branch manager.<\/p>\n Sean explained that TeamTemps has moved to more of a \u201ctemp-to-hire\u201d model, where an employee is placed with a client for three months, and after the trial period has ended the employer can hire the employee full time.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the past five years we have averaged over 400 employees a year becoming full-time, and last year we went over 500,\u201d Sean said. \u201cWe do all the recruiting and screening and then place them with a client that is the right fit. If the company sees that they are a good worker, then they can hire them after three months of placement.\u201d<\/p>\n From the employer\u2019s perspective, using temp workers allows them to hire a flexible workforce based on the size and scope of a project.<\/p>\n \u201cIf a company knows they have a new project starting on Monday, then they call us the week before and let us know how many temp workers they need,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cThey know we will have the workers there when they need them. We have already done the recruiting, interviewing, background check, and other screenings.\u201d<\/p>\n The challenge and responsibility of TeamTemps is to ensure that the temporary workers are correctly matched to the job, based on skills and level of experience.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are always recruiting and interviewing potential employees,\u201d Sean said. \u201cWe are looking at their skills, but we are also looking to see if they have a positive attitude. They can learn the technical skills, but you can\u2019t teach a person to have a good attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n Giovanni agrees that in today\u2019s competitive workforce, having a good attitude and work ethic, arriving to work on time, and possessing a willingness to learn can be as important as the work experience.<\/p>\n \u201cAttitude means they are willing to learn,\u201d Giovanni said. \u201cIf you go to work and you are on time, you do your job and want to learn then you will move up. As simple as it sounds, it is getting harder to find people that will do this.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Economics and Statistics Administration, the number of jobs in the temporary staffing industry reached an all-time high of 2.9 million in May 2015, accounting for 2.4 percent of all private sector employment. In Georgia, temporary help accounted for 3.3 percent of private employment.<\/p>\n TeamTemps continues to expand in South Georgia. In addition to the Valdosta office there are offices located in Homerville and Waycross.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TeamTemps Branch Manager Sean Panizzi, left, and President Giovanni Panizzi. 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