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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Tom Tooher
Lieutenant - Army - Tom Tooher
Apprentice Electrician
Apprentice Electrician - Apprentice Electrician
Construction Health and Safety Officer
Construction Health and Safety Officer - Construction Health and Safety Officer
Ross O'Sullivan - Race Horse Trainer
Race Horse Trainer - Ross O'Sullivan - Race Horse Trainer
Irish Army Press Officer
Press Officer Defence Forces (Irish) - Irish Army Press Officer

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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Sissyane Rodrigues
Sissyane Rodrigues , Sustainability Leader - The Sandymount Hotel

Sissyane Rodrigues works as Sustainability Leader at The Sandymount Hotel in Dublin.

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Career Articles

Aisling Graham - Quantity Surveyor
Aisling Graham - Quantity Surveyor
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Civil Engineer & Site Manager
Civil Engineer & Site Manager
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Working as a Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Working as a Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Looking back on the Leaving Cert: How it affected my Career
Looking back on the Leaving Cert: How it affected my Career
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Ellen Byrne - Creative Director
Ellen Byrne - Creative Director
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It all adds up for Lauren thanks to Accounting Apprenticeship
It all adds up for Lauren thanks to Accounting Apprenticeship
Posted by Accounting Technicians Ireland
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