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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Regional Planning Officer
Regional Planning Officer - Regional Planning Officer
Working at ESB - Our People Promise
Working at ESB - Working at ESB - Our People Promise
Social Care Worker - Tusla
Social Care Worker - Social Care Worker - Tusla
Marine Institute
National Maritime College - Marine Institute
Chef Ryan O'Sullivan - Hells Kitchen Winner
Chef - Winner of Hells Kitchen - Chef Ryan O'Sullivan - Hells Kitchen Winner

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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David Fleming
David Fleming, Sub Lieutenant - Navy

David Fleming is a Sub-Lieutenant in the Irish Navy. He joined straight after school and has since achieved a BSc in Nautical Science from Cork Institute of Technology.

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Career Articles

What it's like to work in the Dublin Science Gallery
What it's like to work in the Dublin Science Gallery
Posted by CareersPortal
Tourism & Travel Graduate
Tourism & Travel Graduate
Posted by Monaghan Institute
Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer
Posted by Griffith College Dublin
My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
My Job as a Manufacturing Technician at Intel
Posted by Intel
A Week on My Medical Oncology Ward
A Week on My Medical Oncology Ward
Posted by CareersPortal
Kate McErlean: Analyst in Financial Services
Kate McErlean: Analyst in Financial Services
Posted by Deloitte
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