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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Jonathan Pugsley
Energy Manager - Jonathan Pugsley
Marine Institute
National Maritime College - Marine Institute
Higher Executive Officer Foras na Gaelige
Higher Executive Officer Foras na Gaelige - Higher Executive Officer Foras na Gaelige
Dr Jan Steiner
Anaesthetist - Dr Jan Steiner
Hotel Finance Manager
Hotel Finance Manager - Hotel Finance Manager

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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Lynda O'Leary
Lynda O'Leary, Systems Engineer

Lydia O'Leary is a computer systems engineer. Her job involves providing infrastructure support, configuration management and troubleshooting.

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Career Articles

Vegetable Farmer
Vegetable Farmer
Posted by Teagasc
SETU Agriculture Graduate Story
SETU Agriculture Graduate Story
Posted by SETU - Waterford Campus
Five Reasons to Choose Medtech
Five Reasons to Choose Medtech
Posted by CareersPortal
Working as a Professional Make up Artist
Working as a Professional Make up Artist
Posted by CareersPortal
Sean Miller - Ship Broker
Sean Miller - Ship Broker
Posted by Marine Institute
Dean O'Halloran - Associate Solutions Engineer
Dean O'Halloran - Associate Solutions Engineer
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