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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Fisherman
Fisherman - Fisherman
Breda Ni Mhaoláin
Interpreter - Breda Ni Mhaoláin
Cyber Security Engineer at Microsoft
Cyber Security Engineer at Microsoft - Cyber Security Engineer at Microsoft
Musgrave Group
Graduate Life - Musgrave Group
Irish Voices - EU Careers
Irish Voices - Irish Voices - EU Careers

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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Stacey Bradley
Stacey Bradley, Forest Resource Manager

Stacey Bradley is employed as a Forest Resource Manager with Irish Forestry Unit Trust (IForUT). Stacey studied Forestry in Waterford Institute of Technology and progressed to the level 8 one year add-on programme in Land Management in Forestry in WIT.

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Career Articles

Mary Mullaghy - Science Teacher
Mary Mullaghy - Science Teacher
Posted by CareersPortal
A Week in My Dermatology Clinic
A Week in My Dermatology Clinic
Posted by CareersPortal
So you want to be an Executive Assistant
So you want to be an Executive Assistant
Posted by CareersPortal
Career Profile - A lifelong passion in history
Career Profile - A lifelong passion in history
Posted by Carlow College
A Career In Astronomy
A Career In Astronomy
Posted by Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)
Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
Posted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
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