Getting Started:
Matching Types
and Techniques
Effective mentor-mentee matching is the cornerstone of a successful mentoring program. Whether you’re launching a new initiative or refining an existing one, understanding the nuances of matching can significantly enhance participant engagement and program outcomes.
What's Inside the Guide:
✅ Explore the three core matching styles:
- Manual Match: The traditional approach, where program coordinators pair mentors and mentees based on specific criteria.
- Self Match: Empower participants to choose their own mentoring partners, fostering autonomy and mutual interest.
- Smart Match: Mentorloop’s equitable algorithm-driven system that considers skills, goals, and experiences to suggest optimal pairings, removing bias.
✅ Delve into Recommended Matches: Understand how Mentorloop suggests potential matches, enhancing the likelihood of successful mentoring relationships.
✅ Learn how to combine different matching methods to suit your program’s unique needs, ensuring flexibility and adaptability.
Crafted by mentoring experts, this guide offers practical strategies and actionable insights to help you:
- Increase match satisfaction and program retention.
- Adapt matching techniques to diverse organizational contexts.
Streamline the matching process, saving time and resources
➡️ Fill out the form to download your guide and start building more effective mentoring connections today!
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What's inside:
The 3 Matching Types
Learn about the 3 matching types, how they work, and why you would choose it for your program.
Recommended Matches
Learn about Recommended Matches and how they help programs of all types achieve better matching outcomes.
Matching Techniques
Learn how you can support a primary matching type with a secondary one to ensure your participants are supported in finding a great mentoring match.
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