McCarthy Holdings, Inc. Celebrates Craft Appreciation Week 

McCarthy Holdings, Inc., dedicates Aug. 29 – Sept. 2 to celebrating the firm’s craft professional workforce. The company will be hosting events on jobsites across the country to recognize more than 3,000 craft professionals while highlighting the importance of construction careers to local communities and the nation.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports more than 439,000 construction laborer job openings available across the country. The Associated General Contractors of America reports that 90% of firms hope to hire new workers in 2022. McCarthy is looking to hire 60-75 craft professionals in Texas this year to add to its approximately 460 craft workers in the Southern region. Craft workers, of which there are 70 in Dallas, nearly 200 in Houston, and over 100 in the Marine division based in the Gulf Coast, are vital to projects that include large scale healthcare, cultural centers, civil and port projects.

With a team of 20 full-time craft development professionals on staff, McCarthy is dedicated to enhancing its craft workforce with opportunities for classroom and on-the-job training year-round. The craft training department offers approximately 50 courses that are a combination of safety, skills-based and field leadership development to develop a skilled workforce prepared for safe, productive and quality construction.

McCarthy has leveraged several partnerships with outside organizations, including Adaptive Construction Solutions, Army PaYs and Hiring Our Heroes, to recruit veterans and provide onsite technical and safety training.