Construction and Skilled Trades companies:

We help you:

  • Fix ineffective leaders

  • Develop your managers

  • Avoid mis-hires

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Whether you are developing your current leaders or hiring / promoting new managers, we can help create your best leadership team.

Poor leaders can hurt your company in many ways…

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You have a choice: either improve your current leaders or hire better ones.

Performance Developmental and Performance Hiring Assessments

Use Performance Developmental Assessments to improve your current leaders by helping underperformers with feedback and growth plans or guiding high-potential managers to greater success.

Use Performance Hiring Assessments to fairly evaluate internal and external candidates for leadership or other high-stakes positions.

Step 1 – Identify Job Level and Type of Assessment

Step 2 – Confirm Assessment

Step 3 – Let Us Handle the Rest!

  • Coordinate and schedule with candidates

  • Conduct role-play assessment

  • Conduct personal interview (if developmental assessment)

  • Complete report

  • Candidate feedback and coaching (if developmental assessment)

What a few of our clients are saying…

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Testimonial card for Rob Dykema, General Manager, with a photo of him, a quote praising Mark Smith at A Better Choice Hire for developmental insights, and a website link.
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Easy to Use

The reports are short and simple to read, assessments are quick to schedule, and pricing is clear and straightforward.

Objective Measurement

Let the experts evaluate leader behaviors and ensure consistent treatment of candidates.

Expert Feedback

Use expert reports to understand candidates or ensure that your leaders are on the right track.

Honest Leadership Discussion

Rely on outside experts (organizational psychologists) to guide discussions of leadership approaches that work for the construction industry.

Developmental Strategies

We will provide specific recommendations for developmental activities, including work-related and non-work tasks.

Note: for Developmental Assessments only

Hiring Insight

Know before you hire! The best way to ensure a great organization is to hire the best leaders.

Note: for Performance Hiring Assessments only

Pricing

Performance Developmental Assessments:

$2597 per assessment

Performance Hiring Assessments:

$1597 per assessment

FREE first assessment!

LIMITED TIME OFFER!

for qualified companies

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First assessment is FREE!!!

Limited Time Offer*

Volume discounts are available when 5 or more assessments are purchased at the same time and used within three months of purchase.

Performance Hiring assessments - $1200 per assessment (at volume)

Performance Developmental assessments - $2000 per assessment (at volume)

But remember, your first assessment is FREE!!! (for a limited time)

* for qualified companies

Meet Mark

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Mark Smith is a respected HR consultant with a Ph.D. in organizational psychology and experience evaluating leaders and candidates for key roles in construction and other industries. He has personally assessed about 1,000 leaders or candidates across many organizations.

He was recently named one of the top 50 HR Professionals and Leaders of 2024. He has served on advisory boards for such organizations as HR.com and Xobin, one of the world’s most trusted online assessment software for pre-employment and skill assessments. He even testified before Congress about candidate assessments.

Throughout his career, Mark has contributed significantly to advancing hiring practices and talent development strategies. He has developed a reputation for creative approaches to candidate assessments, as well as an understanding of validation and research for all types of workplace issues.