Case Study: Construction Company improves hiring decisions with Athena Assessment

Construction Company - Customer Case Study

Construction Company, a midsized specialty construction firm, needed to replace a retiring top metalsmith who had rare experience welding exotic metals. The challenge was finding a candidate with the right technical skill while understanding the risks that came with weaker judgment. Athena Assessment provided a pre-employment testing and judgment assessment to help the company evaluate the welder before hiring.

Using Athena Assessment’s findings, the owner hired the welder but added supervisory support on overnight offsite jobs to compensate for the candidate’s weak judgment. This approach helped prevent poor decisions from becoming costly problems and turned a difficult hire into a productive one. While no numeric metrics were given, the company kept a highly skilled employee and avoided likely turnover by using Athena Assessment to guide the hiring and supervision plan.