How we write our guides
Our standards for research, sourcing, updates, and corrections on the Alignlie blog.
Who writes and reviews our guides
Every guide on our blog carries the name of the person responsible for it, and each author has a page that explains who they are. Our authors are Ladlee Ujjain and Aman Kumar Ujjain.
Ladlee Ujjain reviews every guide before it is published. Aman Kumar Ujjain is the founder of Alignlie and approves every guide before it is published.
How we research
We start with primary sources: official documentation, government and labour-market data, and real job postings. When a guide refers to what employers ask for, we point to the posting itself. Job postings are cited as "<company> posting, accessed <date>" and linked to an archived copy on archive.org, because live postings are often taken down.
When a figure comes from a software vendor or a competitor, we say so in the sentence and label it as that company's claim, not as an established fact. Links to those pages are marked nofollow, because we can't vouch for how the numbers were produced. If we can't find a source we trust for a claim, we leave the claim out.
How we use AI
We use AI tools to help with research and drafting. A person reviews and edits every guide before it is published: checking each fact against its source, removing anything we can't support, and rewriting anything that doesn't read clearly or doesn't help a job seeker. No guide goes live without that human review.
What we don't do
We don't give legal, tax or financial advice. Where a question touches on those areas, such as an employment contract or a salary negotiation with legal terms, we explain the general idea and suggest talking to a qualified professional.
We don't invent statistics, quotes or examples presented as real. A worked example in a guide is labelled as an example. We don't publish fake reviews or testimonials, and we don't pay anyone to write them.
How we keep guides up to date
We change the "last updated" date only when the content of a guide actually changes, not to make an old page look new. When a fact goes out of date, such as a changed government figure, a retired feature or a posting that no longer reflects the market, we fix it or remove it, and the date changes then.
Corrections and feedback
If you spot an error, an outdated fact or a broken source, use our contact page to tell us which page it is and what you think is wrong. When a correction changes what a guide says, we update the page and its "last updated" date.
About our product
Alignlie makes a product that helps people tailor a resume to a job description. Our guides may mention our free tools where a tool does the step being described, and those links go to our own pages on alignlie.com. A guide should be useful whether or not you use any of our products, and that is the standard we review against.