Mentor matching for women in STEM.

xEllerator proposes mentor matches inside your organisation. Each one comes with a score and a written reason, taken from what both people wrote about themselves.

The matching

The score

Everyone answers a few open questions when they join. Amara wrote that she wants her first lead role and needs help with stakeholder presentations. Ingrid wrote that she coaches public speaking. The engine reads these answers and scores every allowed pairing. This pair scored 84.

Compatibility is 62% of the score. The card splits it into five bars. Goal fit is the other 38%: Ingrid scores 91 because she has done what Amara wants to do. The +6 is the equity uplift. It is capped at 12 points and goes to pairs where the mentee needs extra support and the mentor can give it. If compatibility is too low, the uplift is not applied.

Some rules are checked before scoring. The mentor must be at least one level more senior, and their availability must overlap. Dealbreakers are honoured. No mentor gets more mentees than the capacity she set.

Match proposal · demo data
Amara O. Senior engineer, aiming for her first lead role Ingrid S. Director of platform, coaches public speaking
84score
Compatibility · 62% of score
Skills · 30%86
Industry · 20%71
Personality · 20%88
Communication · 15%79
Availability · 15%90
Goal fit · 38% of score
Goal alignment91
Equity uplift (capped at 12)+6
Why these two: Amara asked for help preparing stakeholder presentations on her way to a lead role. Ingrid lists coaching public speaking among what she offers, runs a fourteen-person platform group in the same industry, and their Tuesday afternoons overlap.
Weights shown are the shipped defaults. The console documents whatever is in force.
The programme

The cohort

  1. HR sends invites.People join from the email and fill in their own profile.
  2. People fill in the onboarding questions.Free text about goals and how they like to work. The matching reads these answers.
  3. HR runs the matching.Every allowed pairing gets a score. Each proposal comes with a written reason, like the card above.
  4. HR releases each proposal, or withholds it with a reason.HR checks for what the engine cannot see: a reporting line, a prior relationship, a conflict of interest. HR does not change the ranking. Withholds are logged and counted by group.
  5. The mentee decides first, then the mentor.The mentor sees the proposal once the mentee has accepted. If either declines, the mentee is included in the next run. That mentor is not proposed to her again.
  6. The pair starts meeting.Goals, milestones and sessions are recorded in the app. The HR dashboard shows the progress.
For organisations

The console

  • Add people one at a time. Everyone gets an email invite.
  • Run the matching, release each proposal or withhold it with a reason, and re-run it when new people join.
  • The weights, hard rules and equity settings are documented in the console.
  • The dashboard shows active matches, waiting mentees, mentors with spare capacity, session completion and goal progress.
For mentors

You decide how many mentees you take

  • When you join, you say what you can help with and how you like to work.
  • You set a capacity. The engine never gives you more mentees than that.
  • Each proposal explains why you were picked. You accept or decline it.
  • Your mentees, their goals and your sessions are on your dashboard.
For mentees

You can say no to a match

  • Write your goals as normal sentences. "Get better at presenting" will find a mentor who coaches public speaking.
  • Each proposal explains why this mentor was picked. You accept or decline it.
  • If you decline, you are included in the next run. That mentor is not proposed to you again.
  • Goals, milestones and sessions are tracked in the app.

Try it

The sign-in page has demo accounts for a seeded organisation. You can look around each dashboard before inviting anyone.

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