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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Fostering Social Worker - TUSLA
Fostering Social Worker - Fostering Social Worker - TUSLA
Bernard Brogan
Chartered Accountant - Bernard Brogan
Michael Roche
Potter - Michael Roche
Student Ambassador - Languages
DCU Applied Languages and Translation Studies - Student Ambassador - Languages

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?

Social?

The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.

Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.

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Enda Coates
Enda Coates, Forest Researcher

Enda Coates is a Contract Forest Researcher at Waterford Institute of Technology. Enda got involved in research during his undergraduate degree which sparked his interest in becoming a research forester leading him to undertake a PhD.

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Career Articles

Industrial Designer
Industrial Designer
Posted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
EY Data Analyst
EY Data Analyst
Posted by CareersPortal
Kieran Murphy – PWC and former Cork Hurler
Kieran Murphy – PWC and former Cork Hurler
Posted by TUS Midwest (formerly LIT)
Cloud Platform Engineer with HSE - James Hughes
Cloud Platform Engineer with HSE - James Hughes
Posted by Health Service Executive
From Dublin to Derry - Medicine Student (Grad Entry) at Ulster University
From Dublin to Derry - Medicine Student (Grad Entry) at Ulster University
Posted by Ulster University - Derry Campus
A Career in Computer Engineering
A Career in Computer Engineering
Posted by Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)
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