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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Transport Operations & Commercial Driving Apprentice
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Brian Kelly
Science Entrepreneur - Brian Kelly
Musgrave Buying Graduate Programme
Musgrave Buying Graduate Programme - Musgrave Buying Graduate Programme
Student Ambassador - Languages
Why Study Languages? - Spanish and Mandarin Chinese - Student Ambassador - Languages
Marcus - Sustainability Engineer
Sustainability Engineer - Marcus - Sustainability Engineer

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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Oisin McGrath
Oisin McGrath, Lieutenant - Pilot - Air Corp

Oisin McGrath is a pilot in the Irish Air Corp. He studied and completed Degree in Aeronautical Engineering in University of Limerick, and applied to the Air Corp in his final year in college. He now flies regularly on a variety of missions and is trained to fly on a number of different aircraft.

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Career Articles

Life at Deloitte
Life at Deloitte
Posted by Irish Tax Institute
Accounting Technician Apprentice Sophie Ellis
Accounting Technician Apprentice Sophie Ellis
Posted by Accounting Technicians Ireland
SETU Built Environment Graduate Testimonials
SETU Built Environment Graduate Testimonials
Posted by SETU - Carlow Campus
Business & Office Administration Graduate
Business & Office Administration Graduate
Posted by Monaghan Institute
Robbie Blake - Storage and Vmware Administrator
Robbie Blake - Storage and Vmware Administrator
Posted by CareersPortal
Women Step into Farming – Hannah Quinn Mulligan's sustainability journey
Women Step into Farming – Hannah Quinn Mulligan's sustainability journey
Posted by CareersPortal
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