What do I need to use Returner CV?

The break; The experience before it; Anything during or since; The target role and country.

Is Returner CV free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Returner CV

Q: How do I know the Returner CV output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The break appears with honest dates; No other role's dates were stretched to cover it; The reason, if any, is exactly what the person chose to share; The interview answer contains no apology.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-10-04 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-cv

Write a CV for someone returning to work after a career break (caring, health, parenting, travel, redundancy or anything else), presenting the gap honestly and briefly and leading with current, relevant evidence. Use when asked how do I explain a gap on my CV, write my CV after a career break, returning to work after maternity or caring, or my CV has a two-year gap. Produces a CV with the break stated in one plain line, recent evidence brought forward, a short spoken answer for interviews, and a list of returnship programmes and refreshers worth checking.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“I took two years off to care for my mother. How do I show that on my CV?”“Help me write my CV after maternity leave.”“My CV has a gap since my redundancy. What do I say?”“Write my CV for a returnship programme.”

What to give it

▸The break — dates, and only as much of the reason as the person wants to share

▸The experience before it

▸Anything during or since — study, volunteering, freelance, caring responsibilities that built skills, if the person wants them mentioned

▸The target role and country

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The break appears with honest dates

✓No other role's dates were stretched to cover it

✓The reason, if any, is exactly what the person chose to share

✓The interview answer contains no apology

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Hiding the gap** with year-only dates or a functional CV. It invites the question.

**Over-explaining.** A paragraph about the break draws more attention than a line.

**Apologising** on paper or in the answer.

**Sharing health or family details the person did not choose to share.**

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp

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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="returner-cv"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

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