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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Building Information Modelling (BIM) Engineer
BIM Engineer - Building Information Modelling (BIM) Engineer
Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
Wind Turbine Technician - Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship
Claudia Sheridan
Electrical Engineer - Claudia Sheridan
Executive Officer - Civil Service
Executive Officer - Executive Officer - Civil Service
Tanya Moran - Horse Exercise Rider
Horse Exercise Rider - Tanya Moran - Horse Exercise Rider

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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Jonathan Pugsley
Jonathan Pugsley, Energy Manager

Jonathan Pugsley is the Energy Manager for Masonite Ireland. He holds an Honours Degree in Metallurgy from Brunel University. His main task is to continually improve any system within the company as part of a Lean Six Sigma culture.

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Career Articles

Career Profile - Agricultural Mechanisation
Career Profile - Agricultural Mechanisation
Posted by Teagasc
Connemara Seafood Truck
Connemara Seafood Truck
Posted by Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Hear from Shona Keating a Social Care Leader
Hear from Shona Keating a Social Care Leader
Posted by Health Service Executive
Four Reasons to be on LinkedIn
Four Reasons to be on LinkedIn
Posted by CareersPortal
Civil Engineer with Arup
Civil Engineer with Arup
Posted by Research Ireland (Taighde Eireann)
My career as a CTA in the Cayman Islands
My career as a CTA in the Cayman Islands
Posted by Irish Tax Institute
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