skills for everythingcareer-helper
End-to-end career support for job seekers at all levels. Optimizes LinkedIn profiles, rewrites CVs for ATS systems, provides interview preparation with cited answers, researches companies and roles, identifies hiring managers and networking opportunities. When Claude needs to optimize LinkedIn profiles, rewrite CVs for ATS, prepare for interviews, research companies and roles, identify hiring managers, or support job applications and career transitions.
SKILL.md
| Name | career-helper |
| Description | End-to-end career support for job seekers at all levels. Optimizes LinkedIn profiles, rewrites CVs for ATS systems, provides interview preparation with cited answers, researches companies and roles, identifies hiring managers and networking opportunities. When Claude needs to optimize LinkedIn profiles, rewrite CVs for ATS, prepare for interviews, research companies and roles, identify hiring managers, or support job applications and career transitions. |
Career Helper - Claude Code Plugin
End-to-end career support for job seekers at all levels, plus AI governance guidance for Non-Executive Directors and Board Governors. Ten focused skills covering getting started guidance, AI impact assessment, employer footprint analysis, social media review, LinkedIn optimisation, ATS CV rewriting, interview preparation, job search strategy, career transitions (including non-linear career exploration: entrepreneurship, startups, public sector, charity, intrapreneurship, and multi-role skilling), and board-level AI oversight.
Available to all Claude users, including free subscriptions.
Created by: Prosper AI Consulting | GitHub | Issues
Installation
From the Claude Desktop App (Recommended)
- Click the + button next to the chat input
- Select Add plugins...
- In the Browse plugins dialog, open the filter dropdown and choose Add marketplace from GitHub
- Enter
Zal4DW/career-helperand click Sync - Click Install on the Career Helper plugin
That's it - the skills and commands are ready to use immediately. Available on all Claude plans, including free subscriptions.
Using Claude Code CLI
claude plugin marketplace add Zal4DW/career-helper
claude plugin install career-helper@career-helper
Manual Installation
Clone the repo into your Claude Code plugins directory:
git clone https://github.com/Zal4DW/career-helper.git ~/.claude/plugins/career-helper
Getting Started
Not sure where to begin? Try one of these:
/getting-started Full overview of everything available
/career-helper:quick-start Guided questions to route you to the right skill
/career-helper:help Skill navigator - describe your situation
Or just describe what you need:
"I want to apply for a Senior PM role at Google"
"Help me prepare for an interview next Tuesday"
"I got an offer - should I negotiate?"
"I want to go fractional"
"I'm thinking about starting my own business"
"What are my options besides climbing the corporate ladder?"
"Check my digital footprint before I apply"
"Review my social media - I'm a graduate about to start applying"
Skills
| Skill | What It Does | Command |
|---|---|---|
| Getting Started | Full overview, preparation checklists, workflow planning, skill tips, power user strategies | /getting-started |
| Employer Footprint | Digital footprint audit through employer's eyes, social media scan, credit-report style dashboard, interview questions from online presence | /employer-footprint |
| Social Media Review | Quick social media check through recruiter's eyes, privacy cleanup guide. Especially useful for graduates and early career. | /social-media-review |
| Application Optimiser | Company and role research, ATS-optimised CV rewriting, application strategy | /application-optimiser |
| LinkedIn Coach | Profile audit, headline optimisation, content strategy, post review, video scripts | /linkedin-coach |
| Interview Master | Interview prep, mock interviews, interviewer perspective reports, post-interview coaching, ageism support (UK law, practical strategies, emotional resilience) | /interview-master |
| Career Navigator | Networking intelligence, 3-month job search plans, salary negotiation, offer evaluation | /career-navigator |
| Career Transitions | Portfolio and fractional careers, AI readiness assessment, non-linear career exploration (entrepreneurship, startups, public sector, charity, intrapreneurship, multi-role skilling) | /career-transitions |
| AI Impact Assessment | Researches whether AI will materially disrupt your role in the next 12 months, with a 6-month mitigation plan | /ai-impact-assessment |
| NED AI Helper | AI governance for Non-Executive Directors, Board Governors, and Charity Trustees. Challenge frameworks, risk assessment, governance structures, regulatory guidance | /ned-ai-helper |
Commands
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/career-helper:help | Find the right skill for your situation |
/career-helper:quick-start | Guided entry point - answers questions and routes you |
/career-helper:status | Check your progress and see generated outputs |
Typical Workflow
0. Audit your digital footprint /employer-footprint
1. Research the company /application-optimiser
2. Optimise your CV /application-optimiser
3. Sync your LinkedIn /linkedin-coach
4. Prepare for interviews /interview-master
5. Practice with mock interview /interview-master
6. Negotiate your offer /career-navigator
7. Evaluate competing offers /career-navigator
Features
- Works on all Claude plans including free subscriptions
- UK English throughout (adapts to US when the role requires)
- Region-aware guidance for UK, US, EU, and APAC markets
- Research-driven with cited sources and access dates
- ATS-optimised CV output with keyword coverage analysis
- Career stage adaptation from graduates to late career
- Emotional intelligence acknowledges the realities of job searching
- Ageism support UK law, practical strategies, and emotional resilience for age-related rejection
- Template-driven consistent, professional outputs
- Digital footprint audit credit-report style employer impression dashboard
- Non-linear career exploration entrepreneurship, startups, public sector, charity, intrapreneurship, and multi-role skilling with honest pros/cons and decision frameworks
Output Files
Skills generate markdown files you can convert to other formats:
| Output | Generated By |
|---|---|
{role}-research-brief.md | Application Optimiser |
{role}-cv-optimized.md | Application Optimiser |
{role}-application-strategy.md | Application Optimiser |
{role}-linkedin-profile-review.md | LinkedIn Coach |
{role}-content-strategy.md | LinkedIn Coach |
{role}-content-calendar.md | LinkedIn Coach |
{role}-interview-prep.md | Interview Master |
{role}-interviewer-perspective.md | Interview Master |
{role}-post-interview-debrief.md | Interview Master |
{role}-networking-intelligence.md | Career Navigator |
three-month-plan.md | Career Navigator |
{role}-negotiation-strategy.md | Career Navigator |
offer-evaluation.md | Career Navigator |
portfolio-career-strategy.md | Career Transitions |
ai-readiness-plan.md | Career Transitions |
non-linear-career-exploration.md | Career Transitions |
{role}-ai-impact-assessment.md | AI Impact Assessment |
{topic}-challenge-questions.md | NED AI Helper |
{topic}-risk-register-entry.md | NED AI Helper |
{topic}-governance-options.md | NED AI Helper |
{topic}-change-readiness-report.md | NED AI Helper |
{topic}-hitl-assessment.md | NED AI Helper |
{name}-footprint-dashboard.md | Employer Footprint |
{name}-{company}-employer-impression.md | Employer Footprint |
{name}-social-media-audit.md | Employer Footprint |
{name}-footprint-interview-questions.md | Employer Footprint |
{name}-social-media-review.md | Social Media Review |
{name}-social-cleanup-guide.md | Social Media Review |
Workspace Tip
For the best experience, always use the same local folder for your career-helper sessions. This lets you build on previous analyses and track progress across sessions:
mkdir -p ~/career-helper-workspace
cd ~/career-helper-workspace
Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md for the full version history.
Contributing
Found a bug, have a suggestion, or want to improve something? We welcome contributions and feedback.
- Report issues - Open an issue for bugs, feature requests, or suggestions
- Start a discussion - Join discussions to share your experience or ask questions
- Share your success - Landed a role using Career Helper? We'd love to hear about it
- Spread the word - Tell others who might benefit from this plugin
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
See LICENSE for full terms.
Career Helper Plugin v1.7.0 | Prosper AI Consulting, UK