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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Student Languages Ambassador - Lily
Why Study Languages? - Italian and French - Student Languages Ambassador - Lily
Clinical Midwife Manager
Clinical Midwife Manager - Clinical Midwife Manager
OEM Engineering Traineeship
OEM Engineering Traineeship - OEM Engineering Traineeship
Residential Care Worker
Social Care Worker - Residential Care Worker
Aistriúchan don Eoraip
Translator - Aistriúchan don Eoraip

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?

Enterprising?

Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.

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Colm Lyons
Colm Lyons, Forest Technician

Colm Lyons works as a Forest Technician with Coillte. He is responsible for the effective delivery of the Business Area Unit forest maintenance, tending and establishment of operational programmes efficiently within budget as well as schedule and quality standards.

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Career Articles

What is a Planner?
What is a Planner?
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Sheila O'Connor - Engineering Project Auditor
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Andrew Allen - Psychologist
Andrew Allen - Psychologist
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Thinking of a Career in the Motor Industry?
Thinking of a Career in the Motor Industry?
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Career Profile: Bartender at The Gleneagle Hotel
Career Profile: Bartender at The Gleneagle Hotel
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A Theological Career Journey
A Theological Career Journey
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