Lizeth Hutchings

Lizeth Hutchings serves as a recruiter for Thompson Construction Group in Sumter, South Carolina. In her role of four years, she manages recruitment for multiple industrial construction sites, screening candidates, conducting interviews, handling onboarding for large-scale projects such as one requiring 150 personnel, and building trusted partnerships with workers and clients. She is bilingual in Spanish and English, skills she has used throughout her career to break language barriers while assisting others. Before entering construction recruitment, Hutchings worked as a casting associate and later casting director and in women in film and television in Louisiana, and as a patient care navigator supporting providers and patients. She attended Delgado Community College in Louisiana. Hutchings volunteers with organizations including Vayla in Louisiana and Pasos in South Carolina, participates in local community outreach and events in Sumter. She credits her success to her empathy for people and genuine people-person personality, values humility and gratitude in her work, and advises young women entering the field to pursue opportunities without limitations, noting that she has broken barriers as a Hispanic woman. Her career path was influenced by family ties to construction and a move from Louisiana to South Carolina.