Here are some exciting yet important product updates our Product and Engineering teams have made to your uConnect platform recently:
AI Search
- Added a personalized, logged-in welcome banner on new search screens highlighting the user's communities, class year, and more, with a quick link to customize preferences
- Refined search logic for hiring employers to ensure only organizations with current, active job openings are displayed
- Enhanced result ranking to prioritize fresh, timely blog posts when possible; when only older resources are available, added date contextualization (e.g., "Here's what Fall 2022 recruiting trends looked like — worth keeping in mind these may have shifted, but here's what stood out")
- Ensured AI Search draws information from a single source at a time, preventing details from being incorrectly combined across different resources
Sign-Up & Account Access
- Combined email alert preferences and topic selection into a single screen, reducing the number of steps to complete registration
- Replaced role dropdown lists with clear visual selection tiles, making it easier for users to identify and choose their account type on all screen sizes
- Added a quick launch link to personalized search immediately upon finishing account registration
- Added helpful highlights on login and signup screens showcasing the benefits of creating or logging into an account
Search & Content Discovery
- Ensured expired and archived job postings are removed from general keyword search results
- Enabled top-level community hub pages to appear in search results, honoring community visibility settings