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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Marc Coleman
Languages in Business - Marc Coleman
Roseann Gilligan
Executive Officer - Roseann Gilligan
Working with Johnson & Johnson
Working with Johnson & Johnson - Working with Johnson & Johnson
Daniel Gaffney
Finance Transformation Director - Daniel Gaffney
Web Designer and Developer (Irish Language)
Web Designer and Developer (Irish Language) - Web Designer and Developer (Irish Language)

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?

Creative?

Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.

Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.

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Gillian Morgan
Gillian Morgan, Manufacturing Process Specialist

Gillian Morgan is a manufacturing process specialist. Her job involves working on projects that better facilitate production of commercial drugs.

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Career Articles

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So you want to be a Geomatic Surveyor
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Manufacturing Engineer Apprenticeship
Manufacturing Engineer Apprenticeship
Posted by CareersPortal
Jackie Corcoran -  JJ Rhatigan & Company
Jackie Corcoran - JJ Rhatigan & Company
Posted by Construction Industry Federation
Support for Leaving Cert Business, Accounting and Economics
Support for Leaving Cert Business, Accounting and Economics
Posted by CareersPortal
DCU Marketing Innovation & Technology – Graduate Story
DCU Marketing Innovation & Technology – Graduate Story
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
Q&A with an Offshore Environmental & Consents Manager
Q&A with an Offshore Environmental & Consents Manager
Posted by Wind Energy Ireland
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