Junior Cycle

Have you ever thought about what you would like to do when you leave school? The Junior Cycle is a good time to start thinking about different career options and considering what subjects you might choose for Leaving Cert. We have lots of useful tools to help you start exploring yourself and the thousands of exciting career paths that lie ahead.

Explore different Career Sectors - for example, business, medicine, or beauty to get a picture of the types of skills and jobs involved in working in that particular area. 

Search hundreds of occupations in our Career Explorer to find out what the job involves, the type of person it would suit, what you might earn and the qualifications you would need.

You can also watch lots of career videos or read career stories with people employed in a variety of jobs across the country to get an insight into different sectors and industries. 

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Brian Kelly
Science Entrepreneur - Brian Kelly
Pat Liddy Walking Tours - Discovering a true passion with tour guiding
Tour Guide - Pat Liddy Walking Tours - Discovering a true passion with tour guiding
Lorcan Kelly
Tax Consultant - Lorcan Kelly
Brian Howard
Guidance Counsellor - Brian Howard
WAM Graduate Story
WAM Graduate Story - WAM Graduate Story

Join our complete Guidance programme designed for Irish Junior Cycle students (purchase required).

Build you own unique Career Portfolio through exploring our fun Island of Discovery as the programme takes you through a series of explorations about yourself, your motivations, and your dreams and ambitions.

What Career Type are you?

Linguistic?

The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.

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Xiaona Hou
Xiaona Hou, Product Engineer

Xiaona Hou is a Product Engineer. She is responsible for supporting R&D work in the Diabetes Care business unit at MD Medical. 

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Career Articles

Theology Graduate St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
Theology Graduate St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
Posted by St. Patrick's Pontifical University
Is a career in the Beauty Industry for you?
Is a career in the Beauty Industry for you?
Posted by CareersPortal
Partner in Financial Services Tax at PwC
Partner in Financial Services Tax at PwC
Posted by Irish Tax Institute
Laboratory Apprentice - Milena Smokowska
Laboratory Apprentice - Milena Smokowska
Posted by BioPharmaChem Ireland
In Their Words: Jacks Path to Director of Sales & Marketing
In Their Words: Jacks Path to Director of Sales & Marketing
Posted by Fáilte Ireland
Adrian Collins - Physics Researcher
Adrian Collins - Physics Researcher
Posted by CareersPortal
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