Editorial Standards
FursadLink publishes career and procurement guides for Somali readers. This page explains who writes them, what we check before publishing, what we refuse to put in print, and how to tell us when we get something wrong.
Who writes these guides
Guides are published by the FursadLink editorial desk, not by individual freelance contributors. We are the team that runs this platform day to day: we review every job, tender and scholarship before it goes live, and we read the source documents (tender notices, vacancy announcements, agency procurement pages) as part of that work. That daily contact with real listings is where the guidance comes from. Editorial is independent of advertising: a sponsor cannot buy a mention, and paid placements are always labelled.
How we research and source
- We work from primary sources first, not from other career blogs: the awarding body's or agency's own pages, published procurement notices, and official application portals.
- Where a guide describes a process, we describe what the official documentation actually says, and we link to it so you can read it yourself.
- We separate what is a rule, what is common practice, and what is our opinion. If something is our judgement rather than a requirement, the article says so.
- Advice is written for a specific place. Hiring and procurement work differently in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Nairobi, Addis Ababa and the Gulf, and we say which we mean instead of generalising.
What we will not publish
Some things are worse than saying nothing, because a confident wrong answer costs a reader an application, a fee, or a deadline.
- Invented statistics, salary figures or success rates. If we cannot source a number, we do not print a number.
- Made-up quotes from recruiters, employers or officials.
- Specific visa, tax or legal instructions. We will tell you which official body decides, and send you to them.
- Guarantees about outcomes. No guide can promise you a job, a contract or a scholarship.
Keeping guides current
Deadlines, portals and eligibility rules change. Each guide shows when it was last reviewed, and we re-check the guides that describe fast-moving processes (registration steps, application windows, agency portals) more often than the ones covering durable skills. Where a detail is likely to change, the article marks it and tells you to confirm it with the organisation before you rely on it. A review date on this site means a person re-read the article against its sources, not that a word was edited.
How we use AI
We use software, including AI tools, to help gather and organise opportunities. That is how we scan thousands of notices a week. AI may also assist in drafting. No guide is published on the strength of an AI draft alone: a human editor checks the claims, removes anything that cannot be sourced, and is accountable for what appears. We think it is more honest to tell you this than to imply every word was typed by hand.
Corrections
If you find an error, tell us and we will fix it. We correct factual mistakes as soon as we can confirm them, and when a correction changes the substance of a guide we note it in the article rather than quietly editing it. Reporting an error is genuinely useful to us, because readers who work in these processes often know more than we do.
How listings are verified
This page covers our written guides. Jobs, tenders and scholarships go through a separate review before they are published: human moderation, official apply links, and credit to the hiring organisation rather than the board that reposted it.