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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Centra Sales Assistant
Sales Assistant - Centra Sales Assistant
Failte Ireland Graduate Programme
Ibec Graduate Programme - Failte Ireland Graduate Programme
Combilift OEM Traineeship - Conor's Story
OEM Traineeship - Combilift OEM Traineeship - Conor's Story
Freight Transport Association Ireland
Who Are We? - Freight Transport Association Ireland
The Life Sciences Landscape
The Life Sciences Landscape - The Life Sciences Landscape

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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Niamh Yates
Niamh Yates, Validation Engineer

Niamh Yates is a Validation Engineer with a Bsc Hons in Environmental Science and an Msc in Biotechnology.

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Career Articles

Catherine O’Donnell – Motion Graphics Editor
Catherine O’Donnell – Motion Graphics Editor
Posted by TUS Midwest (formerly LIT)
James Whelan, Owner of Killaloe River Cruises
James Whelan, Owner of Killaloe River Cruises
Posted by Fáilte Ireland
Anne McCarville - Manufacturing Engineering Lead
Anne McCarville - Manufacturing Engineering Lead
Posted by CareersPortal
Marie Kissane - Process Chemist
Marie Kissane - Process Chemist
Posted by CareersPortal
SETU Computing & Networking Graduate Testimonials
SETU Computing & Networking Graduate Testimonials
Posted by SETU - Carlow Campus
Route to Qualification as a Solicitor
Route to Qualification as a Solicitor
Posted by CareersPortal
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