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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Executive Officer - Civil Service
Executive Officer - Executive Officer - Civil Service
CEO and Entrepreneur - Gourmet Food Parlour
CEO and Entrepreneur - CEO and Entrepreneur - Gourmet Food Parlour
Air Corps Cadet Recruitment
Air Corps - Air Corps Cadet Recruitment

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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Career Articles

Aoife Lynch of the Irish Naval Service: "No two days are the same"
Aoife Lynch of the Irish Naval Service: "No two days are the same"
Posted by Irish Defence Forces
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So you want to be a Data Scientist?
Posted by CareersPortal
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Permanent Language Jobs in the EU
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Working in Cybersecurity
Working in Cybersecurity
Posted by Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)
Pharmaceutical Project Manager - Sheila Courtney
Pharmaceutical Project Manager - Sheila Courtney
Posted by BioPharmaChem Ireland
The Female Mechanic
The Female Mechanic
Posted by CareersPortal
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