# Career Change Resume

Writes a resume for a move into a new profession or industry, including...

- Repository: https://github.com/reactive-resume/reactive-resume (45160 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add reactive-resume/reactive-resume --skill career-change-resume -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add reactive-resume/reactive-resume --skill career-change-resume -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add reactive-resume/reactive-resume --skill career-change-resume -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add reactive-resume/reactive-resume --skill career-change-resume -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add reactive-resume/reactive-resume`

## Description

Writes a resume for a move into a new profession or industry, including military-to-civilian transitions and return-to-work pivots. Maps transferable evidence without relabeling past jobs or implying unearned expertise; use resume-tailor for matching an already-positioned resume to one posting.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Career Change Resume

Use the user's evidence, never facts or numbers from worked examples. If asked to fabricate or inflate a claim, decline that part briefly, offer the strongest truthful version and complete the remaining work; maintain that boundary if pressed.

Make the bridge visible without pretending the user has already held the target job. Produce resume text from supplied facts; no account or other skill is required.

## Find the bridge

Establish the target profession and level, prior work, completed transition work and any country or credential constraints. Ask why the move only if it will help the summary or letter; do not invent a lifelong passion. For a returner, ask whether they want a brief career-break label, not the private reason for the break.

Map `target requirement → prior action → transferable capability → limit`. Distinguish direct experience, adjacent experience, completed training and missing qualifications. A shared capability is not evidence of the target industry's specific tools or legal authority.

For military transitions, keep the official rank/title and add a plain-language function clarifier where accurate. Translate duties, not clearance status or authority. Do not expose deployment details, classified work or operational specifics.

## Write the resume

The rest: https://github.com/reactive-resume/reactive-resume/blob/HEAD/plugins/reactive-resume/skills/career-change-resume/SKILL.md