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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Scríbhneoir & Scannánóir - Gairm sna Meáin Ghaeilge - Scríbhneoir & Scannánóir
Julie Sinnamon
CEO Enterprise Ireland - Julie Sinnamon
Student Languages Ambassador - Julia
Why Study Languages? - Polish and Spanish - Student Languages Ambassador - Julia
Student Ambassador - Languages
Why Study Languages? - Spanish and Mandarin Chinese - Student Ambassador - Languages
Support Engineer at Microsoft
Support Engineer at Microsoft - Support 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?

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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Denis Reidy
Denis Reidy, Farmer - Dairy

Denis works as an Assistant Farm Manager just outside Cork. He comes from an agricultural background and completed the Advanced Certificate in Farm Management course run by Teagasc and certified by FETAC.

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Career Articles

Furniture Maker
Furniture Maker
Posted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
Ruby Walsh  - My Career as a Jockey
Ruby Walsh - My Career as a Jockey
Posted by CareersPortal
My Career as a Freelance Prop Maker
My Career as a Freelance Prop Maker
Posted by CareersPortal
MBC Gradaute Testimonial: Portfolio Preparation Course
MBC Gradaute Testimonial: Portfolio Preparation Course
Posted by Moate Business College
Working as an Engineer at Intel
Working as an Engineer at Intel
Posted by Intel
Reasons to study Veterinary Medicine in UCD
Reasons to study Veterinary Medicine in UCD
Posted by University College Dublin - UCD
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