Students and the Matchmaker assessment
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The first phase of Matchmaker has 39 questions. These questions have students thinking critically about their interests and ranking them on a scale of Like very much to Dislike very much.

Their answers are weighed against aspects of each career to determine a strength of match: the higher they rank an interest and the more central its corresponding aspect is to a career, the stronger the match.

The first question they’re asked is “What would you like to do when you finish school or college?”. This question helps to filter their matches. "Not Sure Yet" is also an option for those who are still on the path of figuring out their first steps after school.

Learn how students:

Experience Matchmaker

For a quick walkthrough of the student experience when taking the Matchmaker assessment, check out this video below.

Understanding Your Career Matches | 1:45
TipTip: Share this short video with your students. Link to it on their dashboard, place it in an Assignment, or message the link to your student groups in Xello.

Access Matchmaker

Students can access Matchmaker from a few places: from the About me dropdown located at the top of any page, the student dashboard under Quick links, and from the top of their About me profile page.

Access Matchmaker from the student dashboardHow students access Matchmaker from the top menu and their dashboard
Access Matchmaker from the About Me pageHow students access Matchmaker from their About me page

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Find out why they matched with careers

Students are able to review their answers to better help them understand how they were matched with each career.

From the top of any career profile, next to the Save button, the student clicks Find out why.

Career profile of a baker. Baker is tipping bowl of dough onto counter. Excellent match is highlighted and cursor is hovering over Find Out Why
Students learn why they match with a career

This opens a page with their answers comparing how strongly their interests match with the central, secondary, and other aspects of the career they’re viewing.

"Find out why" page for a career profile. The student is an "Excellent match" for the career. The questions the student answered in Matchmaker are group into Central and Secondary Aspects with the students answers.
The questions students were asked in the assessment and how they responded.

By providing all the questions for students to review their answers, they're able to reflect on whether the answer they gave is still accurate. A good idea is for students to periodically review their answers so they can determine if they feel the same. If they've changed their mind, they click the dropdown next to the question and update their choice. Once they've changed enough of their answers, they'll see their match change.

"Find out why" page for a career profile. The cursor has selected the dropdown menu next to a question so they can change their answer
Students click the dropdown next to a question to update their answer.

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Reset Matchmaker

Students can reset their Matchmaker answers and retake the assessments.

Please note:

  • All Matchmaker answers will be deleted (this includes Personality Style and Mission Complete if they've been completed)
  • Careers on the Explore careers page will not be sorted by Matchmaker results
  • Strength of career matches (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor) will not show on career cards
  • Their top matches will not show at the top of their About me page

To reset Matchmaker:

  1. From the top of any page in Xello, students click About me.
  2. At the top of the About Me page, located in the Career matches section, students click the three-dot button and select Reset Matchmaker.
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  3. They confirm they want to reset the Matchmaker quiz and start over by clicking Yes, reset.

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