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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Kate Walsh
Beauty Therapist - Kate Walsh
Robert Bowe - Finding a career for life in tourism
Restaurant Manager - Robert Bowe - Finding a career for life in tourism
Heavy Vehicle Mechanic
Heavy Vehicle Mechanic - Heavy Vehicle Mechanic
Product Designer at Microsoft
Product Designer at Microsoft - Product Designer at Microsoft
Ciara Roosli
Activities Instructer - Ciara Roosli

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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Megan Walsh
Megan Walsh, Mechanical Engineer

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Career Articles

Careeer Stories: From Nutritional Sciences to Purchasing
Careeer Stories: From Nutritional Sciences to Purchasing
Posted by CareersPortal
Working as an Engineer at Intel
Working as an Engineer at Intel
Posted by Intel
DCU Graduate Story - Global Business Canada
DCU Graduate Story - Global Business Canada
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
What do Pharmacists do?
What do Pharmacists do?
Posted by CareersPortal
Sales Engineer
Sales Engineer
Posted by Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)
First Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Ennis Hospital
First Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Ennis Hospital
Posted by CareersPortal
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