# Nail Your First Job with Claude: 31 Claude Skills

> 31 Claude skills for getting up to speed in your first job, from before day one to your first review.

31 free Claude Skills (Agent Skills) by Pauline Bertry, Polar Bear. For Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop.

- Page: https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-first-job-pack
- Download: https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-first-job-pack.zip
- Source: https://github.com/polar-bear-org/claude-skills/tree/main/packs/grad-first-job-pack
- License: Free to use inside your company, not for resale.
- For: graduates starting their first job, placement and internship students, apprentices, career changers starting a new job, new starters in their first 90 days

## Install

**Claude Code** — two lines, every skill in the pack at once:

```
/plugin marketplace add polar-bear-org/claude-skills
/plugin install grad-first-job-pack@polar-bear-skills
```

**Claude.ai / Claude Desktop** — download https://meet-polar-bear.com/skills/grad-first-job-pack.zip and upload each skill from its `install/` folder under Settings → Customize → Skills.

**Manually** — copy `packs/grad-first-job-pack/skills/*` from https://github.com/polar-bear-org/claude-skills into `~/.claude/skills/` or a project's `.claude/skills/`.

## The 31 skills

### 1. Fjob company research brief (`fjob-company-research-brief`)

One-page brief from public sources, five "so what for my role" lines, ten questions for week one

Say: "run fjob-company-research-brief", "research my new employer", "I start in two weeks", "what does my new company actually do", "commercial awareness before my first job", "read their Companies House filings", "questions to ask in my first week"

### 2. Fjob claude project setup (`fjob-claude-project-setup`)

Project instructions for 90 days, what goes in and never goes in, which account, Incognito and memory check

Say: "run fjob-claude-project-setup", "set up a Claude project for my new job", "is it safe to use my personal Claude at work", "which Claude account should I use", "what can I put in Claude", "check my Claude memory", "one place for my first 90 days"

### 3. Fjob first week plan (`fjob-first-week-plan`)

Day-by-day plan, questions for manager, buddy and IT, documents to ask for, end-of-week note

Say: "run fjob-first-week-plan", "I start Monday", "plan my first week at work", "nervous about my first day", "what to ask in my first week", "questions for my new manager", "first week of my graduate job"

### 4. Fjob AI policy card (`fjob-ai-policy-card`)

Your AI policy on one page, gaps as questions, a no-policy branch to agree with your manager

Say: "run fjob-ai-policy-card", "what does our AI policy mean", "am I allowed to use Claude at work", "use AI responsibly at work", "summarise my company AI policy", "we have no AI policy", "can I use AI in my new job", "AI rules at work"

### 5. Fjob data check (`fjob-data-check`)

Green, amber or red for one piece of content, how to strip identifiers, the safer route

Say: "run fjob-data-check", "can I paste this into Claude", "is it safe to put this in AI", "what not to put into AI at work", "can I share a client email with Claude", "remove names before pasting", "confidential data and AI", "data check before I paste"

### 6. Fjob AI task picker (`fjob-ai-task-picker`)

Tasks sorted into do it yourself, with Claude, Claude first pass, not allowed; what you learn by hand

Say: "run fjob-ai-task-picker", "which tasks should I use AI for", "am I relying on AI too much", "will AI stop me learning my job", "what should I do myself at work", "sort my tasks for Claude", "AI over-reliance new job", "what to delegate to AI"

### 7. Fjob AI output check (`fjob-ai-output-check`)

Claim-by-claim check of a Claude draft, what you changed, what still needs a colleague

Say: "run fjob-ai-output-check", "check this AI draft", "fact check what Claude wrote", "is this AI output right", "check before I send to my manager", "verify AI content", "can I trust this draft", "AI hallucination check"

### 8. Fjob AI disclosure note (`fjob-ai-disclosure-note`)

One or two lines on what Claude did and what you did, worded to your policy, and how to say it

Say: "run fjob-ai-disclosure-note", "how do I say I used AI", "AI disclosure statement for work", "should I tell my manager I used Claude", "I feel guilty using AI", "cite AI in a document", "AI use footnote", "admit I used AI at work"

### 9. Fjob question log (`fjob-question-log`)

Running log of questions and answers, batched questions for your check-in, a "stuck, then ask" rule

Say: "run fjob-question-log", "too many questions at work", "am I asking too many questions", "keep track of my questions", "new job question list", "what to ask my manager this week", "questions for my check-in", "stuck at work when to ask"

### 10. Fjob work glossary (`fjob-work-glossary`)

Acronyms and internal terms in plain words, where you heard them, confirmed or to check

Say: "run fjob-work-glossary", "too many acronyms at work", "what does this acronym mean", "jargon at my new job", "work glossary", "explain these terms", "I nod along in meetings", "internal terms list"

### 11. Fjob who does what map (`fjob-who-does-what-map`)

Team and stakeholder map by role, what each owns and needs, who to ask for what

Say: "run fjob-who-does-what-map", "who does what in my team", "stakeholder map new job", "who should I copy in", "who decides this", "who to ask for what", "map my team", "understand my stakeholders"

### 12. Fjob document explainer (`fjob-document-explainer`)

Plain summary of one shareable document, its terms, what it asks of you, three questions

Say: "run fjob-document-explainer", "explain this document", "summarise this process document", "get familiar with this report", "what does this document mean for me", "too long to read", "questions to ask about this document"

### 13. Fjob 30 60 90 plan (`fjob-30-60-90-plan`)

Understand by 30, contribute by 60, own a piece by 90, checkpoints and support, a draft for your manager

Say: "run fjob-30-60-90-plan", "30 60 90 day plan", "plan for my first 90 days", "first three months plan new job", "show my manager I have a plan", "what should I do in my first month", "graduate 90 day plan"

### 14. Fjob first goals (`fjob-first-goals`)

Three to five proposed goals, SMART where counting is honest, one learning goal, how you will be reviewed

Say: "run fjob-first-goals", "first goals new job", "SMART goals for my first 90 days", "nobody set my objectives", "write my probation goals", "what does success look like in my role", "propose goals to my manager"

### 15. Fjob ways of working note (`fjob-ways-of-working-note`)

Questions to agree with your manager and a half-page note of what you both agreed

Say: "run fjob-ways-of-working-note", "ways of working with my manager", "how does my manager want updates", "how long should I be stuck before asking", "agree 1:1 rhythm", "working style conversation new job", "how to talk to my new manager"

### 16. Fjob weekly plan (`fjob-weekly-plan`)

Three outcomes, tasks by urgent and important, time blocks, what to ask your manager to prioritise

Say: "run fjob-weekly-plan", "plan my week", "too many tasks what first", "Eisenhower matrix for my week", "urgent vs important new job", "tasks from three people", "weekly priorities", "time blocking my week"

### 17. Fjob priority clash reply (`fjob-priority-clash-reply`)

Factual trade-off note with two options and a short message asking someone to choose

Say: "run fjob-priority-clash-reply", "two people want something by Friday", "conflicting priorities at work", "how to say I cannot do both", "push back on a deadline politely", "new request clashes with my work", "ask my manager to choose"

### 18. Fjob email to senior (`fjob-email-to-senior`)

Point and ask first, context after, deadline, subject line, tone check

Say: "run fjob-email-to-senior", "email to my director", "how do I word this to a senior person", "make this email shorter", "rewrite my message to my boss", "bottom line up front", "does this sound rude", "chase a senior colleague politely"

### 19. Fjob meeting notes (`fjob-meeting-notes`)

Decisions, actions with owner and date, open questions, a follow-up message

Say: "run fjob-meeting-notes", "write up my meeting notes", "who is doing what after this meeting", "meeting minutes", "action items from the call", "follow-up email after a meeting", "what did we decide"

### 20. Fjob spreadsheet check (`fjob-spreadsheet-check`)

Analysis plan, formulas in plain words, layout check, totals reconciled, what the numbers say

Say: "run fjob-spreadsheet-check", "explain this Excel formula", "check my spreadsheet", "I was never taught Excel", "is this pivot table right", "what does this data say", "tidy up this data"

### 21. Fjob short report (`fjob-short-report`)

One to two pages, answer first, three supporting points, what you are unsure of, the ask

Say: "run fjob-short-report", "write it up", "turn my notes into a report", "short report for my manager", "pyramid principle", "situation complication question", "how do I structure this write-up"

### 22. Fjob presentation of work (`fjob-presentation-of-work`)

Storyline, full-sentence slide headlines with evidence, likely questions, a rehearsal

Say: "run fjob-presentation-of-work", "present my work to the team", "my first presentation at work", "help me with my slides", "what questions will they ask", "rehearse my presentation", "assertion evidence slides"

### 23. Fjob mistake recovery (`fjob-mistake-recovery`)

Facts, impact, fix, an early message to your manager, what changes next time

Say: "run fjob-mistake-recovery", "I made a mistake at work", "how do I tell my manager I messed up", "I sent the wrong file", "owning a mistake", "blameless review", "should I hide this mistake"

### 24. Fjob brag document (`fjob-brag-document`)

Dated log of what you did and the result, lessons, monthly recap by theme

Say: "run fjob-brag-document", "log a win", "add this to my brag doc", "note what I did this week", "my manager said something nice today", "I fixed something nobody else could", "what have I done this month", "keep track of my work for my review"

### 25. Fjob weekly update (`fjob-weekly-update`)

Five lines: done, next, blocked, decisions needed, one thing learned

Say: "run fjob-weekly-update", "weekly update to my manager", "my manager said keep me posted", "write my Friday update", "status update for my manager", "how much should I say in my update", "end of week summary", "update my manager on what I did"

### 26. Fjob one to one agenda (`fjob-one-to-one-agenda`)

Agenda on goals, blockers, decisions, one business question, a feedback ask; notes after

Say: "run fjob-one-to-one-agenda", "my 1:1 is tomorrow", "what should I bring to my one to one", "agenda for my meeting with my manager", "prep my 30 day check-in", "I have nothing to say in my 1:1", "write up my 1:1 notes", "actions from my one to one"

### 27. Fjob feedback request (`fjob-feedback-request`)

Two or three specific questions about one piece of work, a template for what you hear, one change

Say: "run fjob-feedback-request", "how do I ask for feedback", "they just said it's fine", "ask my manager for feedback on my report", "feedback on my presentation", "what could I have done better", "write down the feedback I got", "turn feedback into an action"

### 28. Fjob first review prep (`fjob-first-review-prep`)

Evidence against your first goals, a self-review in your words, your questions, support you need

Say: "run fjob-first-review-prep", "my probation review is booked", "help me write my self-review", "what do I say about myself in my review", "prepare for my first appraisal", "fill in my probation form", "evidence for my review", "I don't know what to write about my first months"

### 29. Fjob learning review (`fjob-learning-review`)

15-minute Friday review, one thing to practise next week, the month's pattern

Say: "run fjob-learning-review", "weekly reflection", "Friday review", "what did I learn this week", "Gibbs reflective cycle for work", "I feel like I am not improving", "monthly learning recap"

### 30. Fjob stretch assignment ask (`fjob-stretch-assignment-ask`)

One or two pieces of work beyond your tasks, what you would learn, how you protect your work, the message

Say: "run fjob-stretch-assignment-ask", "ask for more responsibility", "stretch assignment", "I want more challenging work", "how do I ask my manager for more", "70-20-10 plan", "I am bored in my first job"

### 31. Fjob internal network plan (`fjob-internal-network-plan`)

Six to ten people across teams worth meeting for the work, what to ask and offer, an invite you send

Say: "run fjob-internal-network-plan", "meet people in other teams", "internal networking", "coffee chats at work", "who should I get to know", "I only know my own team"

