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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Retail Supervision Apprenticeship - Cathy Kearney
HR Manager BWG Foods - Retail Supervision Apprenticeship - Cathy Kearney
Combilift - OEM Traineeship
OEM Traineeship - Combilift - OEM Traineeship
Space Science - "Careers Chats" with Shanice Griffin
"Careers Chats" with Shanice Griffin - Space Science - "Careers Chats" with Shanice Griffin
Failte Ireland Graduate Programme
Ibec Graduate Programme - Failte Ireland Graduate Programme
Cian Fitzgibbon
Electrical Engineer ESB Graduate - Cian Fitzgibbon

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?

Linguistic?

The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.

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Ian McKinley
Ian McKinley, Rugby Player

Ian McKinley is a professional rugby player working as coach in Italy.  Communicating through Italian is essential for his work as a coach and as a player on the pitch.

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Career Articles

Why I became an engineer: Elaine Clarke of Jacobs
Why I became an engineer: Elaine Clarke of Jacobs
Posted by CareersPortal
Director of Sales - Veon Foresters
Director of Sales - Veon Foresters
Posted by Forestry Careers Ireland
Paramedic Science at UU: Why I was 'Lucan' North for University
Paramedic Science at UU: Why I was 'Lucan' North for University
Posted by Ulster University - Derry Campus
Robert Healy - Software Developer
Robert Healy - Software Developer
Posted by CareersPortal
Exploring Science Careers - QUALITY CONTROLLER
Exploring Science Careers - QUALITY CONTROLLER
Posted by CareersPortal
Bachelor of Psychology - Student Experience
Bachelor of Psychology - Student Experience
Posted by University of Limerick - UL
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