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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Site Manager - Trade Entry - Colin Butterly
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Auditor - Aoife
Garda Careers in Action
Careers In Action - Garda Careers in Action
ESB Networks Apprenticeship  - Career Path
ESB Apprenticeship - ESB Networks Apprenticeship - Career Path
Deirdre Lavelle
Care Assistant - Deirdre Lavelle

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?

Social?

The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.

Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.

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Claire Purcell
Claire Purcell, Software Engineer

Claire Purcell is a software engineering intern. Her job involves writing and debugging code, as part of software development projects.

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Career Articles

UCD Graduate Testimonials: Architecture
UCD Graduate Testimonials: Architecture
Posted by University College Dublin - UCD
A day in the Life of a Computational Physicist
A day in the Life of a Computational Physicist
Posted by CareersPortal
Bachelor of Psychology - Student Experience
Bachelor of Psychology - Student Experience
Posted by University of Limerick - UL
Mark Barry – Robotics Design Engineer
Mark Barry – Robotics Design Engineer
Posted by TUS Midwest (formerly LIT)
Martina Cripps – Environmental and Natural Resource Management
Martina Cripps – Environmental and Natural Resource Management
Posted by TUS Midwest (formerly LIT)
Pulse College Graduate - Music Production for Games
Pulse College Graduate - Music Production for Games
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