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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 Bloodstock Agent & Breeze Up Consignor
Bloodstock Agent & Breeze Up Consignor - Bloodstock Agent & Breeze Up Consignor
Society of Chartered Surveyors
SCSI - Society of Chartered Surveyors
Working with Johnson & Johnson
Working with Johnson & Johnson - Working with Johnson & Johnson
Barry Doyle
Chief Financial Officer - Barry Doyle
Tommy
Accountancy Team - Tommy

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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Claire Hanrahan
Claire Hanrahan, Auditor

Claire works as an Internal Auditor for CRH Group. She completed a Bachelor of Business Studies in University of Limerick and went on to do the ACCA exams thereafter. Travel is a big aspect of her current role and she spends half of her time away from home.

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Career Articles

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So What does a Fragrance Chemist do?
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My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
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Health, Fitness & Sport Performance Graduate
Health, Fitness & Sport Performance Graduate
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Aisling Shannon - Structual Engineer
Aisling Shannon - Structual Engineer
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My Summer in London as an Events Intern
My Summer in London as an Events Intern
Posted by Munster Technological University - MTU
Shannon College of Hotel Management BBS Graduate
Shannon College of Hotel Management BBS Graduate
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