NEWS - Work Force & Career Development

SBJ Staff Report

Feb 13, 2012 - Professional temporary staffing agency G-Star Staffing has been launched in the Savannah area, a division of Goodwill Industries. The company will provide professional staffing in areas such as legal, accounting, finance, IT, web design, graphic design, sales, administration, general office work, event planning, marketing and business development.

G-Star human resources experts thoroughly vet all candidates for temporary staffing work by pre-screening and interviewing them and evaluating their skills, according to Collin Maria Ezzell, director of staffing for G-Star Staffing in Savannah. The company also checks all references before ever suggesting them to client companies.

G-Star also meets with the client companies. Knowing the clients thoroughly helps ensure that the temporary staff is a good fit for that company, explains Ezzell, who has more than eight years of staffing experience with a publicly traded international staffing company.

"We take the time to go and meet with every client," Ezzell said. "We know their needs, their work environment and the personalities. It's about really getting to know them and having a relationship with your clients and your candidates as well. By really vetting them, we know that it's a good placement."

The professionals that G-Star connects with client companies are skilled, experienced people who are often doing temp work while searching for a full-time job, Ezzell said. Doing temp work helps them keep their skills sharp and add to their resumes , she said, and gives them an inside track on what sometimes can turn into a full-time job. G-Star does the legwork for them, getting them temporary work because it is well-connected in the community.

G-Star Staffing is a division of Goodwill Industries of the Coastal Empire, Inc., and the profits from its work will help fund Goodwill's many local programs that benefit the community. About 26 other Goodwill agencies nationwide operate staffing services.

Companies usually use temporary workers to help with special projects, to explore whether the company should consider expanding its workforce, and to help while regular workers are on vacation.

Companies looking for temporary workers can find more information about G-Star Staffing can call (912) 373- 7037. Skilled professionals seeking temporary work should also call (912) 373- 7037 for more information. A web site, www.GStarStaffing.com, is under construction.