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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Why Study Languages? - Polish and Spanish - Student Languages Ambassador - Julia
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Irish Interpreter in the EU - A day in the life of an Irish interpreter working for the EU institutions
Barry Doyle
Jeweller - Barry Doyle
Ann-Marie Holmes
Factory Manager - Fab 14 - Ann-Marie Holmes
LAA - Benefits for Apprentices
Benefits for Apprentices - LAA - Benefits for Apprentices

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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Sinead Lew
Sinead Lew, Senior Tax Manager

Sinead Lew works as a Tax Manager in the Domestic & International Outbound Market group in PwC. She completed a Degree in Accounting and HR at the National College of Ireland (NCI). She then went on to study a Masters in Accounting at Smurfit Business School. Sinead is also a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).

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Career Articles

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Solution Architect with HSE - Barry Crosson
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A day in the life of a Low Yield Analyst
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TCPID Graduate - EY
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Nine reasons to suck up Irish
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I want to be a judge despite my cerebral palsy
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SEO & Grow – DCU Alumni share their success story
SEO & Grow – DCU Alumni share their success story
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