Find the Right People. Develop Stronger Leaders. Build Better Teams.

Imagine Great People.

Proven Assessments to Hire, Lead, and Succeed

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Hire Effective, Professional Customer Service Employees

Our Customer Service Profile helps managers identify candidates who align with your brand values—so every interaction supports your brand promise and strengthens customer loyalty from day one.

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Find the Right Fit Before You Commit

The Step One Survey® helps employers screen applicants before the interview stage. In one case, a regional grocery chain cut turnover by more than half in just three years—saving over $1.3 million—while also reducing theft investigations, workplace accidents, and increasing employee tenure.

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Guide Careers That Stick and Succeed

Pathway Planner™ reveals interests and strengths, helping individuals—and leaders align pathways that fit and flow naturally. It’s a tool for coaching, development, and retention with purpose.

Our Data-Driven Assessments Help Business Leaders Hire, Develop, and Retain Top Talent

Better people decisions start with better data. Our assessments provide hiring managers and business owners with the insights they need to make confident, informed choices.

Data-driven assessments help companies measure and understand the core characteristics needed to succeed in a particular role, measuring attributes like interests, behavioral traits, and thinking style.

Better People Decisions – Stronger Business Results.

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    Hiring Solutions

    Hiring the wrong person costs time, money, and morale. Identify the right candidates faster, reduce turnover, and build stronger teams with data-driven hiring insights.

    • Match candidates to roles
    • Predict an individual’s job performance
    • Help align people to company culture

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    Grow Stronger Leaders

    Strong leadership drives performance, culture, and retention. Using tools like PXT Select™ and CheckPoint 360°™, we help organizations identify and develop self-aware, effective leaders equipped to grow and inspire their teams.

    • Get actionable feedback from peers, supervisors, and direct reports
    • Align leadership behavior with organizational needs
    • Build targeted development plans

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    Build High-Performing Teams

    Understand team dynamics, resolve conflict, and align your people around a shared mission with insights into communication styles and behavioral profiles.

    • Improve communication and trust
    • Align teams to goals and values
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    Improve Employee Retention and Engagement

    Assessment tools help you hire the right people from the start—and support them with the leadership and development they need to thrive.

    • Aligning roles to strengths
    • Addressing growth opportunities early
    • Build a more engaged, loyal workforce

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This is How it Works

  • Step 1: Free Consultation - We learn about your business needs and goals

  • Step 2: Together, We Select the Right Tool – Based on your team and objectives

  • Step 3: We’ll Build Your Custom Dashboard - Easy, secure, at your fingertips

  • Step 4: Your Team Administers the Assessments – All online, easy to complete

  • Step 5: We’ll Review Results Together – You’ll get expert interpretation

  • Step 6: Take Action – Apply the insights to your hiring or leadership strategy

Why Professional Advantage

At Professional Advantage, we believe that great companies start with great people—and finding the right fit shouldn't be left to chance. Professional Advantage helps organizations make smarter hiring and talent development decisions using validated, science-based tools and a proven process. Our mission is to take the guesswork out of hiring by providing objective insights into a candidate’s thinking style, behaviors, and motivations—so you can hire with confidence and build high-performing teams.

  • "Richard is kind, intelligent, and truly caring about placing great people in great organizations. The PXT Select assessments are very accurate and the most important tool to ensure that you make the best hiring decisions. The difference in productivity and profitability by having the correct people in the correct jobs is dramatic. Call Richard and ask him how he can supercharge your growth and profitability with great people."

    Andrew Wiesman
    Owner  - Providential SignWorks

  • “I would recommend the Step One Survey II assessment to any company who wants to hire a more productive, honest and dependable employee who shares the same attitude about illegal substance abuse as we do.”

    Gil Milligan
    Director of Operations
    J.T.M. Corporation

  • “We have used Professional Advantage and the comprehensive testing is an excellent tool for hiring new people. Highly recommend!”

    Kay Petty
    Quality Craftsmen

  • “Professional Advantage and Richard provides the most important and comprehensive testing for new hires, would be hires, promotions and beyond. The testing virtually eliminates a bad hire. As a Business Coach of many, many years I have found the PXT offered by Richard and Professional Advantage to be one of the most valuable tools any of my clients could have.”

    Russ Young
    Owner, Atlanta Action Coach

  • “I’ve used the Pathway Planners for both of my kids and it was very insightful for all of us. I have referred them to several clients for the hiring and teamwork assessments and gotten fantastic feedback from my clients. Highly recommend Richard and PXT Select.”

    David McDonough

  • When you consider the positive impact on your bottom line after you have selected a very good person to represent your company to the buying public, the products offered by Professional Advantage are an inexpensive addition to our personnel selection process.”

    Randy Bates
    Vice President Sales/Marketing
    Golden Flake Snacks

  • “We have used the assessments provided from Professional Advantage for over 10 years and we have been very pleased with our return on investment. Their solutions have proven not to be a cost but rather a revenue generator.”

    Ron Edenfield
    CEO/President
    Wayfield Foods

  • “Checkpoint 360 is an incredible leadership feedback tool. It's highly consistent, maps the essential competencies required for a good leader, and provides a comprehensive report that captures both the macro and detailed understanding of how the professional is perceived by their key stakeholders.

    I consider it an indispensable tool for leadership development. In addition to providing a clear and comprehensive overview of the professional, Checkpoint includes a very interesting development guide with simple and practical ideas for improving competencies, always aligned with the priorities of each professional evaluated. It's a valuable tool.”

    Jovita Silva
    Owner
    Up Training Company