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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Hotel Finance Manager
Hotel Finance Manager - Hotel Finance Manager
HR, Purchasing and Green Team Manager
HR, Purchasing and Green Team Manager - HR, Purchasing and Green Team Manager
Fiona Devlin
Third Secretary - Fiona Devlin
Marcus - Sustainability Engineer
Sustainability Engineer - Marcus - Sustainability Engineer
Social Care Worker - Tusla
Social Care Worker - Social Care Worker - Tusla

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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Emilia Gilroy
Emilia Gilroy, Garda

Emilia Gilroy is a Garda stationed in Tallaght, Dublin. She is originally from Poland and graduated from Templemore Garda College in 2015. As her career within the organisation progresses Emilia hopes to undertake a course in specialist interviewing.

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Career Articles

Partner in Financial Services Tax at PwC
Partner in Financial Services Tax at PwC
Posted by Irish Tax Institute
STEM research essential in programming computers with modern technology
STEM research essential in programming computers with modern technology
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
A Day in the Life of a Hotel Manager
A Day in the Life of a Hotel Manager
Posted by CareersPortal
So you want to be a Data Scientist?
So you want to be a Data Scientist?
Posted by CareersPortal
Career Profile: Dairy Farm Owner
Career Profile: Dairy Farm Owner
Posted by Teagasc
A day in the life of an anaesthetist
A day in the life of an anaesthetist
Posted by CareersPortal
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