Fact-Checking Policy

1. Our fact-checking commitment

Cluki Jobs fact-checks every claim we publish, before publication. We do not publish rumours, forwarded messages, or unconfirmed alerts — even when they are shared widely. If a claim cannot be verified against an official source, it is either held back until verified or published with an explicit unconfirmed label, never as fact.

This commitment applies to all content across all platforms: every state portal, every article, every date, every fee, every vacancy number.

2. What we fact-check

Before any recruitment page is published, our editors verify the following categories of claims:

3. How we fact-check

Our fact-checking follows a fixed, documented workflow. Every claim passes through these steps:

4. Standards of evidence

We apply a strict hierarchy of evidence when verifying claims:

1. Official notification document (PDF or official web page) — the highest standard of evidence.
2. Official website announcements of the recruiting authority — including admit-card and results sections.
3. Government gazettes and official employment newspapers.
4. Official press releases or official social-media accounts of the authority, clearly identified as such.

Claims supported only by unofficial sources — blogs, job-news portals, coaching-institute pages, or forwarded messages — are never published as fact. They may, at most, be referenced as unconfirmed reports with an explicit label, and only when the information is newsworthy and clearly attributed.

5. How we rate and label claims

To keep readers fully informed, published information carries clear labels:

• Confirmed — verified against the official source; the official link is provided.
• Updated — the original notification has been revised by the authority; the page shows the new information and the update date.
• Unconfirmed / Expected — information widely discussed but not yet confirmed by an official source; clearly labelled as such and never presented as definite.
• Closed / Expired — the application window or recruitment stage has ended, and the page is marked so candidates don't waste time.

6. Reader-reported verification

Our readers are part of our verification system. If you believe something on Cluki Jobs is incorrect, out of date, or unverified, please tell us:

• Use the Contact Us page and include the page URL and the claim you are questioning.
• Attach or link the official source you believe contradicts or confirms the claim.
• We investigate every report — no report is ignored. Reports are reviewed within 2 working days.
• If we cannot reproduce or confirm a reported claim, we reply explaining our finding.

7. When a check fails

Despite our process, errors can occur. When a fact-check fails or an error is found after publication:

• The page is corrected promptly and the change is recorded per our Corrections Policy.
• Significant corrections are highlighted on the page so returning readers notice the change.
• We do not quietly delete or rewrite information without a record.
• Our editors review the failure to identify any process weakness, and adjust the workflow if needed.

8. Limits of our fact-checking

It is important to be transparent about what our fact-checking can and cannot do:

• We verify that published information matches the official source — we cannot guarantee that the authority itself will not change plans after publication.
• Official sources occasionally contain errors or typos; when we notice them, we report what the document says and flag inconsistencies.
• Our coverage prioritises official documents we can access; where an official document is not publicly available, we say so rather than guess.
• Fact-checking is done by trained editors following this policy — it is not automated, crowd-sourced, or outsourced.

9. Questions & reports

To report a factual issue, request verification of a claim, or ask a question about this policy, contact us through the Contact Us page. We treat every message with care and respond within 2 working days.