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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Microsoft Dream Space
What is Dream Space? - Microsoft Dream Space
Student Video
Horticulture - Student Video
Carole Smillie
- Carole Smillie
Hotel Accountant
Hotel Accountant - Hotel Accountant
OEM Engineering Technology Traineeship Employer - Combilift Story
OEM Engineering Technology Traineeship Employer - OEM Engineering Technology Traineeship Employer - Combilift Story

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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Mark Clery
Mark Clery, Regional Forester

Mark Clery works as a Regional Forester for SWS Forestry Services Ltd. Mark feels that the business and forestry modules on his course at WIT proved to be most important for his current occupation.

 

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Career Articles

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Shannon College of Hotel Management Student Testimonials
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What it's like to work in the Dublin Science Gallery
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SETU Business & Humanities Graduate Testimonials
SETU Business & Humanities Graduate Testimonials
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Chef de Partie Apprenticeship
Chef de Partie Apprenticeship
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Meet Rabeea - Administrative Officer in the Department of Finance
Meet Rabeea - Administrative Officer in the Department of Finance
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Is a Career in Butchery for you?
Is a Career in Butchery for you?
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