The Core Standard is an online simulation of a realistic EA working day. Employers use it to see how candidates actually think before hiring. EAs use it to prove what interviews never capture.
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A candidate receives a scenario brief: a company, a principal, a day that's already in motion. Emails land. Priorities collide. Stakeholders need answers. The clock is ticking. There are no "right" answers. We capture approach, judgment, composure, and communication.
You send a candidate the simulation link. They complete it online. You receive a detailed report, scored across priority logic, discretion, ownership, and composure, before you've spent a single hour interviewing.
No more relying on gut feeling. No more polished interviewers who fall apart in week one. You see how they actually think.
You don't need an employer to send you this. Take the simulation yourself, receive a full competency report, and get a recruiter summary. A one-page credential you can attach to applications or share with any recruiter or hiring manager.
Every CV says "proactive, discreet, detail-oriented." This is the proof.
In 15 years of specialist EA recruitment, the question I was asked more than any other by clients was: "How do you test your candidates?" At Lily Shippen we heavily vet every candidate we place, but there was always a missing piece.
Interviews test confidence and presentation. They don't reveal how someone triages a chaotic inbox at 8am, handles a last minute board paper, or navigates a sensitive situation with a difficult stakeholder.
The Core Standard fills that gap. Every assessment is a simulation of a realistic working day, designed from real situations we've seen play out across hundreds of placements. It's built on what actually predicts success in the role, not what looks good across a desk.
Lily Shippen recruits. eavolve develops. The Core Standard assesses. Together, an ecosystem that supports EAs and the businesses that rely on them, from hire, through development, to measurable performance.
Lily Shippen & Emily Partridge, Co-creators of The Core Standard
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