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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Pat Liddy Walking Tours - Discovering a true passion with tour guiding
Tour Guide - Pat Liddy Walking Tours - Discovering a true passion with tour guiding
Combilift - OEM Traineeship
OEM Traineeship - Combilift - OEM Traineeship
Microsoft Aspire Intern
Microsoft Implementation Manager Intern - Microsoft Aspire Intern
Executive Officer - Civil Service
Executive Officer - Executive Officer - Civil Service
Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft
Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft - Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft

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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Kevin O'Hagan
Kevin O'Hagan, Design Engineer

Kevin O'Hagan is a Design Engineer at Combilift. Kevin comes from an agricultural background and worked part time in Combilift while at college to get hands on experience on assembly lines.

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Career Articles

A Day in the Life of a Clinical Psychologist
A Day in the Life of a Clinical Psychologist
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My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
Posted by Intel
Career Profile - Hydrographer
Career Profile - Hydrographer
Posted by Marine Institute
Cecilia Fenech - Environmental Scientist
Cecilia Fenech - Environmental Scientist
Posted by CareersPortal
Earn While You Learn in The Hospitality Sector
Earn While You Learn in The Hospitality Sector
Posted by CareersPortal
Alison Liddy - Product Development Engineer
Alison Liddy - Product Development Engineer
Posted by CareersPortal
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