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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Quality Officer - Fergus O'Connell
Educational Welfare Officer
Educational Welfare Officer - Educational Welfare Officer
Fostering Social Worker
Fostering Social Worker - Fostering Social Worker
Dean Coyne - Finding the dream job in tourism
Wedding Planner - Dean Coyne - Finding the dream job in tourism
Economist - Department of Education
Department of Education Economist - Economist - Department of Education

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?

Enterprising?

Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.

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Tracey Roche
Tracey Roche, Design Engineer

Tracey works as a Design Evaluation Engineer for Analog Devices in Limerick. She holds a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from UL. She did her co-op 8 month placement during college with Analog and spent her summer after 4th year working for Analog in California.

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Career Articles

So you want to work in Music
So you want to work in Music
Posted by CareersPortal
Justine Forkin - Research Engineer
Justine Forkin - Research Engineer
Posted by CareersPortal
Here’s what a data engineering consultant does on a typical day
Here’s what a data engineering consultant does on a typical day
Posted by CareersPortal
Captain Eva Balfe of the Irish Air Corps’ Communications & Information Services Squadron
Captain Eva Balfe of the Irish Air Corps’ Communications & Information Services Squadron
Posted by Irish Defence Forces
Stephen Walsh: Finance Associate
Stephen Walsh: Finance Associate
Posted by Deloitte
Senior Travel Advisor, Cork City Tourist Information Centre
Senior Travel Advisor, Cork City Tourist Information Centre
Posted by Fáilte Ireland
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