Tallo Connects Students with Colleges, Scholarships, and Careers

Tallo (www.tallo.com) is an online platform that allows students (ages 13+) to build personalized profiles to connect with college, career, and scholarship opportunities. Tallo also functions as a centralized hub and filter for those connections. The platform is flexible, and students can choose how their information is shared. As I watched informational videos about Tallo, I noticed that the platform was both detail-oriented and user-friendly. Tallo provides students with clear, step-by-step directions for building, editing, and updating their profiles. Here’s a video with directions about how to sign up for a Tallo profile:




Here are the components of a Tallo student profile: 
(The Basics) Add a profile picture: A profile picture is not required, but Tallo says profiles with photos get more matches
Upload a video: Post from a public platform like Youtube or Vimeo
Add a bio: Help your profile stand out!
Download your Tallo profile (to a resume): Prepare for college fairs, college applications, scholarships, and interviews
Share your profile (with a teacher, coach, or parent): Get feedback, recommendations, advice
(Future Goals and Plans) Career Interests: Add areas of career interest
Location Preferences: Do you already know where you want to live?
Next steps: (Post-secondary plans): 2-year college, 4-year college, military, workforce?
Digital Badges: Display your involvement via digital badges
Memberships, Extracurricular Activities, and Hobbies: Add these in this section
Work Experience and Responsibilities: Students can also include internships and volunteer opportunities
Accomplishments: Awards, certifications, and credentials
Education: Students can list details about educational background, current enrollment, credentials, and (expected) graduation dates
Test Scores: Students can add standardized test scores (ACT, SAT, etc.)
Courses: Students can add pertinent coursework
Languages: Are you fluent in more than one language?
Files: Upload supporting documents: Resume, letters of recommendation, transcripts
Stumped? Select this to get help with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Opportunities: Tab connects students with matches, scholarship opportunities, internships, etc.
Dashboard: Keep track of your scholarships and matching opportunities in one place


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