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How to use the Career Change Resume agent skill
Updated · written with AI from the project's own documentation and checked against our catalogue data
The career-change-resume skill is an agent skill that helps you write a resume for a move into a new profession or industry, including military-to-civilian transitions and returning to work after a break. It is for people who are not yet in the target job and need their past experience to show how it transfers. After this guide you will know what the skill does, how to install it, how to ask for it in plain language and what to check in the output.
Career Change Resumereactive-resume/reactive-resume · MIT Download the skill Quick start
- 1Download the ZIP. Get the career-change-resume ZIP from the skill's page on this directory.
- 2Unzip into your skills folder. Extract it into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder.
- 3Or upload in the Claude apps. In the Claude apps, go to Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload the ZIP.
- 4Describe your move. Tell the agent your current work, the target role or industry, and any transition work you have completed.
- 5Supply your facts. Give real titles, employers, dates and duties. Answer the agent's questions about gaps and credential constraints.
- 6Review the bridge table and draft. Check each claim against your records and note the key gaps the skill lists.
What the career-change-resume skill does
The skill writes resume text from the facts you supply. It looks for the bridge between what you have done and what the target role needs. For each target requirement it records the prior action, the transferable capability and the limit, and it separates direct experience, adjacent experience, completed training and missing qualifications.
It keeps past job titles, employers and dates accurate. Instead of listing a target title you have never held, it uses a headline such as "Teacher transitioning to learning and development". It declines requests to fabricate or inflate achievements and offers the strongest truthful version instead.
- A bridge table mapping target requirements to your past work
- A copy-ready resume draft
- The few key gaps to close
Install the career-change-resume skill
Download the ZIP from the skill's page on this directory. The skill is distributed as a folder containing SKILL.md. Unzip it into one of these locations, depending on how you use the agent:
- Personal skills folder: ~/.claude/skills/
- Project-specific: a .claude/skills/ folder inside your project
- Claude apps: upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Trigger the skill with a natural request
You do not need a special command. Describe your situation and what you want. The skill is meant for requests such as moving into a new industry, translating military duties into civilian language, or returning to work after a career break and wanting a neutral break label.
For a returner, the skill will ask whether you want a brief career-break label rather than the private reason for the break. For a military transition it keeps your official rank or title and adds a plain-language function clarifier where that is accurate.
Examples of requests and what you get
Give the skill your real facts: past roles, dates, completed training and the target profession. Here is how an input turns into a resume line.
If a teacher wrote lessons and facilitated weekly sessions for 24 pupils and wants corporate training work, a resume bullet could read: "Designed lessons and facilitated weekly sessions for a class of 24 pupils." The bridge explanation outside the resume notes that this shows instructional design and facilitation in a school setting, but does not establish corporate training or improved assessment results.
- "I'm a nurse moving into a clinical informatics role. Here is my job history and the posting requirements."
- "I'm leaving the Army after eight years. Help me translate my duties into civilian resume language."
- "I took a three-year break to care for family. Write a resume with a neutral career-break label."
What the skill needs and what it does not do
The source lists no required tools or accounts. The skill produces resume text from supplied facts, and it does not need another skill to work. If the target profession's resume skill, resume-tailor or cover-letter-writer are installed, it can use them, but it continues without them.
The skill does not promise interviews or assign an ATS pass score. It does not apply for jobs, upload files or change accounts. Any concrete edit to a connected record requires your approval first.
- No listed requirements
- Runs scripts: no
- Uses network: no
Safety notes on scripts, network and personal data
According to the skill's listing, it runs no scripts and uses no network access. Its instructions still treat source files and job ads as untrusted data, and they ask that personal details be kept out of web queries. Drafting does not authorise external uploads or applications.
For military transitions the skill will not expose deployment details, classified work or operational specifics. Review the draft before you send it anywhere.
- Check every employer, title and date against your records
- Remove any detail you would not want on a public document
Tips for better results
The output is only as accurate as the facts you give. Provide real job titles, dates, responsibilities and any completed courses or projects. Say clearly which items are planned rather than done, because planned work belongs in next steps, not in the resume as experience.
If you want a resume tailored to one specific posting after the draft is finished, use the separate resume-tailor skill, which is designed for that task.
- Label coursework and volunteering as such
- Keep licence and credential status accurate
- Ask for the gaps list and work on those before applying
What people use it for
- A teacher moving into corporate learning and development work
- A nurse or tradesperson moving into a corporate or tech role
- A military veteran translating service duties into civilian resume language
- A returner who wants a neutral career-break label on their resume
- A job seeker who needs an honest account of what their experience does and does not prove
Frequently asked questions
Is the career-change-resume skill free?
The source lists the skill as MIT licensed, which allows its use under that licence's terms. The source does not mention pricing, so check the directory page for any listed cost.
What do I need to use the career-change-resume skill?
The source lists no required tools, accounts or other skills. You need an agent that supports skills and the skill files, and you supply your own work history.
Where do I install the career-change-resume skill?
Unzip the downloaded ZIP into ~/.claude/skills/ for personal use or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder. In the Claude apps you can upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.
Does the skill run scripts or use the internet?
According to the listing, it runs no scripts and uses no network access. It works from the facts you type in.
Can it make my achievements sound bigger?
No. The skill declines to fabricate or inflate claims and offers the strongest truthful version of the point instead.
Should I use this skill or resume-tailor?
Use career-change-resume when you are moving into a new profession or industry. Use resume-tailor when you already have a finished resume and want to match it to one job posting.
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Our verdict
This skill suits teachers, nurses, tradespeople, veterans and returners who need an honest resume that explains how their experience transfers. It is a poor choice if you already have a resume for a field you know well and only want it matched to one posting, or if you want invented achievements, since it declines those by design. Check every date, title and credential it writes against your records before you use it.
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