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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Midwife
Midwife - Midwife
Defence Forces
Recruitment Campaign - Defence Forces
Brendan - Civil Engineer
Civil Engineer - Brendan - Civil Engineer
Terry O'Brien
Woodcarver - Terry O'Brien
Senior Bioprocessing Technician
Senior Bioprocessing Technician - Senior Bioprocessing Technician

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?

Enterprising?

Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.

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Kevin O'Hagan
Kevin O'Hagan, Design Engineer

Kevin O'Hagan is a Design Engineer at Combilift. Kevin comes from an agricultural background and worked part time in Combilift while at college to get hands on experience on assembly lines.

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Career Articles

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Niall Moyna - Sports Scientist
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Niall Fretwell BA Event Management student
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Product Manager, Electrical Tools & Accessories
Product Manager, Electrical Tools & Accessories
Posted by Construction Industry Federation
Applying STEM to Journalism
Applying STEM to Journalism
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
My Career as a Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
My Career as a Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
Posted by Wind Energy Ireland
Deloitte Graduate in Corporate Finance
Deloitte Graduate in Corporate Finance
Posted by Deloitte
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