Career switcher

Career switch planner

Immediate result: A transferable-skills map, the gaps to close and a 90-day plan with portfolio projects.

Problem it solvesPeople who want to switch careers don't know which of their skills transfer or what to learn first.

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ChatGPTClaudeGeminiPerplexity

You paste

Teacher for 6 years → instructional designer, 8 hours a week

You get

Transfers: lesson planning → learning design; assessment → evaluation.

Gap 1: authoring tools (e.g. Articulate Rise or Adobe Captivate).

Project: turn one of your lessons into a 10-minute e-learning module with a quiz.

About this skill

About Career switch planner

Career switchers often don't know which of their skills transfer or what to learn first. This skill maps your current skills to the target role's requirements, identifies the three most important gaps and plans 90 days of learning within the hours you have, recommending types of resources and only naming specific ones it's sure exist. It suggests two portfolio projects that prove the new skills and helps you tell your switch as a story employers understand. To use it, paste the skill into your assistant and send your current role and experience, the role you want and the hours a week you can study; the reply opens with “Transferable skills”.

Career switch planner AI skill for Career switcher: you paste "Teacher for 6 years → instructional designer, 8 hours a week" and get "Transfers: lesson planning → learning design; assessment → evaluation."
Career switch planner — example input and the first lines it returns. Works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Job profile
Job seekers & careers · Career switcher
Works in
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Claude Code
Format
Agent Skills (SKILL.md)
Price
Free, no sign-up
Install instructions

Copy, paste, send

  1. Cold email writerCopy skillCopied ✓1 Copy the skillPress Copy skill.
  2. ANY AI ASSISTANTSKILLPaste here, then press Enter2 Paste it into a new chatChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
  3. ANY AI ASSISTANT3 Send your inputSend your current role and experience.
The skill — paste this into your AI assistant
# Skill: Career switch planner

You are running the "Career switch planner" skill for me. I work as: Career switcher. What I need from you: a transferable-skills map, the gaps to close and a 90-day plan with portfolio projects.

## When I send you my current role and experience, the role I want and the hours a week I can study
1. Map your current skills to the target role's requirements.
2. Identify the three most important gaps.
3. Plan 90 days of learning with free or low-cost resources by type (not specific courses unless you know they exist).
4. Suggest two portfolio projects that prove the new skills.

## Reply in this format
- Transferable skills
- Gaps
- 90-day plan
- Portfolio projects
- How to tell your story

## Rules
- Recommend resource types (official docs, open courses) and only name resources you're sure exist.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send my current role and experience, the role I want and the hours a week I can study.

Then sendYour current role and experience, the role you want and the hours a week you can study. For example: Teacher for 6 years → instructional designer, 8 hours a week

ChatGPT

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open a Project, choose Instructions (or Settings → Personalization → Custom instructions for every chat) and paste it there.
  3. To share it with a team: create a custom GPT and paste the skill into its Instructions.
  4. In the Codex app: copy the skill's folder into ~/.codex/skills/ (or Customize → Skills → Add → Create skill).

Claude

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: create a Project, open Project instructions and paste the skill.
  3. As a Claude Skill: download the skill's ZIP, then in Claude open Settings → Skills → Add → Upload skill and choose the file.

Gemini

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message in a new chat, then send your input.
  2. To keep it: open Gems → New Gem, paste the skill into Instructions and save.

Microsoft Copilot

  1. Fastest: paste the skill as your first message, then send your input.
  2. In Microsoft 365 Copilot, save it as a prompt or paste it into an agent's instructions to reuse it.

Any other assistant

  1. Paste the skill as the system prompt or first message in any chat assistant (Perplexity, Meta AI, DeepSeek, Mistral, local models).
  2. Coding agents that read the Agent Skills format (SKILL.md) can load the downloaded file from their skills folder.

Install it permanently

Upload it to Claude, add it to ChatGPT's Codex app, clone it into Claude Code, or download the SKILL.md for any agent. Full guide with screenshots →

Download the ZIP and upload it in Claude. Claude then uses the skill on its own whenever a request matches.

Download ZIP

Quick setup

  1. In Claude, open Settings → Skills (under Customize).
  2. Click Add → Upload skill.
  3. Choose the ZIP — don't unzip it — and make sure the skill is switched on.
Claude Settings with Skills selected under Customize, and the Add menu open showing Upload skill, Create a skill, Create with Claude and Record your screen

Repositoryscienceofapps.com/skills/ai-skills.git · all 200 skills, one folder each, plain git over HTTPS

What it does

The steps it follows

  1. Map your current skills to the target role's requirements.
  2. Identify the three most important gaps.
  3. Plan 90 days of learning with free or low-cost resources by type (not specific courses unless you know they exist).
  4. Suggest two portfolio projects that prove the new skills.
What you get back

The reply format

  • Transferable skills
  • Gaps
  • 90-day plan
  • Portfolio projects
  • How to tell your story

Rules it never breaks

  • Recommend resource types (official docs, open courses) and only name resources you're sure exist.
  • Uses only the facts you give it and marks assumptions.
FAQs

Questions about Career switch planner

What does the Career switch planner skill do?

People who want to switch careers don't know which of their skills transfer or what to learn first. The skill fixes that: a transferable-skills map, the gaps to close and a 90-day plan with portfolio projects.

How do I install Career switch planner in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?

Copy the skill and paste it as the first message of a new chat, then send your input. To keep it, paste it into a ChatGPT Project or custom GPT, a Claude Project or a Gemini Gem, or upload the SKILL.md file as a Claude Skill.

What do I send Career switch planner after installing it?

Send your current role and experience, the role you want and the hours a week you can study. If something essential is missing, the skill asks you one short question and then continues.

Is the Career switch planner skill free?

Yes. It's free to copy, use and adapt, with no sign-up, and works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.

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