McCarthy Buildings Boosts Local and Minority Hires

Construction company McCarthy Buildings Co. is investing in diversity. The firm has partnered with a selection of local agencies, including groups like 2nd Call, to hire more local and minority workers. On a recent project, McCarthy had a goal of filing 30% of staffing needs with local workers and 10% of staffing needs with XBE workers, defined as small /women-owned / minority / disadvantaged / disabled veteran / etc. business enterprises.

“Focusing on local, minority workers allows the community an opportunity to building and contributing to their community,” Amanda Corbet of McCarthy Buildings Co., tells GlobeSt.com. “It’s not just the diversity and skills in the community, it’s involving the community in the development of their own community. It’s great having local and diverse people work on a project, but more importantly, it should be about allowing the growth of the community to come from the community.  It’s like why buy things from China when you can buy it from the USA? Why import worker from outside of the community when you can find the within the community itself?”

The impetus to hire more minority and local workers also stems from McCarthy’s own business ethos. “McCarthy is a community builder,” says Corbet. “People are proud of their communities. Every community is comprised of an array of people with different ethnicities, genders, abilities and walks of life.  Each person has unique traits and skills, and McCarthy values the strength that this diversity brings our project teams. Providing opportunities for individuals to be a part of building a project in their backyard is impactful to the growth of local communities.”