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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Irish Early Years Educator
Pre School Teacher (through Irish) - Irish Early Years Educator
A Career at Johnson & Johnson
A Career at Johnson & Johnson - A Career at Johnson & Johnson
Sinead Kenny
Design Engineer - Sinead Kenny
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Assistant Prof)
Earth & Environmental Sciences (Assistant Prof) - Earth & Environmental Sciences (Assistant Prof)
EirGrid Graduate Development Programme
EirGrid Graduate Programme - EirGrid Graduate Development Programme

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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Eoghan O’Flynn
Eoghan O’Flynn, Head Chef (Fota Island Resort)

Eoghan O’Flynn is Head Chef at The Cove Restaurant (Fota Island Resort).

 

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Career Articles

Applying STEM to Journalism
Applying STEM to Journalism
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
Internship as a route into Legal profession
Internship as a route into Legal profession
Posted by CareersPortal
What does an engineer really do?
What does an engineer really do?
Posted by ESB
Career Profile - Equine - Stud Management
Career Profile - Equine - Stud Management
Posted by Teagasc
So you want to be sports engineer
So you want to be sports engineer
Posted by CareersPortal
A Week in My Community Midwife Role
A Week in My Community Midwife Role
Posted by CareersPortal
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