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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Des Lalor
Wind Engineer - Des Lalor
Hardware Association Ireland
Hardware Jobs in Ireland - Hardware Association Ireland
Garda Trainee
A Day in the Life - Garda Trainee
Dairy Farmer
Dairy Farmer - Dairy Farmer
Apprenticeship Partners
Apprenticeship Partners - Apprenticeship Partners

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?

Creative?

Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.

Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.

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John Liston
John Liston, Project Manager

John Liston is a Project Manager with Treemetrics Ltd. The work placement John undertook in his degree has proved very important for his job now.

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Career Articles

A day in the life of a Mathematics Modeller
A day in the life of a Mathematics Modeller
Posted by CareersPortal
My Career as a Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
My Career as a Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
Posted by Wind Energy Ireland
Aisling Graham - Quantity Surveyor
Aisling Graham - Quantity Surveyor
Posted by Construction Industry Federation
Geoff Hamilton - Senior Ecologist at ESB
Geoff Hamilton - Senior Ecologist at ESB
Posted by ESB
Discover the Apprenticeship Route to an Accounting Technician’s Career
Discover the Apprenticeship Route to an Accounting Technician’s Career
Posted by Accounting Technicians Ireland
How STEM is transforming food production
How STEM is transforming food production
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
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