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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Female Sheet Metal Apprentice
Sheet Metal Worker - Female Sheet Metal Apprentice
Aoife Mc Dermott
Lecturer - Aoife Mc Dermott
Public Health Nurse
Public Health Nurse - Public Health Nurse
Horticulturalist
Horticulturalist - Horticulturalist
Liz Christy
Textile Design/Handweaver - Liz Christy

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 Power
Kevin Power, Resource Manager

Kevin Power works as a Resource Manager for Coillte. Kevin returned to education in his mid twenties to study Forestry at WIT.

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My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
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Bachelor of Psychology - Student Experience
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Working as a Software Developer
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So you want to work in Computer Science?
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Sheila O'Connor - Engineering Project Auditor
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Conor Walsh: Graduate in Tax
Conor Walsh: Graduate in Tax
Posted by Deloitte
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