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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Social Work Apprenticeship UCC
Social Worker Apprenticeship - Social Work Apprenticeship UCC
Organic Farming
Organic Farmer - Organic Farming
Vehicle Body Repair Apprentice
Vehicle Body Repair Apprentice - Vehicle Body Repair Apprentice
Centra Careers – Store Manager
Centra Store Manager - Centra Careers – Store Manager
Tiarnán O'Neill - Finance Director
Finance Director - Tiarnán O'Neill - Finance Director

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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Laura Glendon
Laura Glendon, Multilingual Software Support SAP

Laura studied German and Commerce in NUIG and is based in SAP's Galway office. Her role is to support the partners using the SAP software which means she uses German on a day to day basis in work.

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Kieran Murphy – PWC and former Cork Hurler
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Dorothy Creaven - Electronic Engineer
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Sophie O’ Hare - Digital Marketing Executive Horse Racing Ireland
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Mike Gleaves - Technical Director
Mike Gleaves - Technical Director
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Accounting Technicians Ireland Diploma Graduate
Accounting Technicians Ireland Diploma Graduate
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