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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Community Clinical Midwife Manager - Community Clinical Midwife Manager
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Senior Security Architect - Senior Security Architect
Darryl Day
IQ Engineer - Darryl Day
Fostering Social Worker
Fostering Social Worker - Fostering Social Worker
Lucy Maher
Changing Careers to Accountancy - Lucy Maher

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, the performing arts 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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Patrick Kinnaird
Patrick Kinnaird, Marine Biologist

Patrick Kinnaird is a Marine Biologist working with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group.

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Career Articles

Meet Speech and Language Therapist Aoibhinn Bannigan
Meet Speech and Language Therapist Aoibhinn Bannigan
Posted by Health Service Executive
6 Ways to make a career out of Irish Dancing
6 Ways to make a career out of Irish Dancing
Posted by CareersPortal
All You need to know about Becoming a Solicitor
All You need to know about Becoming a Solicitor
Posted by CareersPortal
Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
Posted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
From PLC to Bachelor of Arts
From PLC to Bachelor of Arts
Posted by SETU - Waterford Campus
Meet Kate McMahon - a Counselling Psychologist
Meet Kate McMahon - a Counselling Psychologist
Posted by Health Service Executive
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