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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Marie Kane - Medical Device Design
Medical Device Design - Marie Kane - Medical Device Design
Ian McKinley
Rugby Player - Ian McKinley
Irish Voices - EU Careers
Irish Voices - Irish Voices - EU Careers
Gorka Arieta - Head Chef
Head Chef - Gorka Arieta - Head Chef
Roisín Howard
Software Engineer - Roisín Howard

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, the performing arts 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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Ann-Marie Holmes
Ann-Marie Holmes, Factory Manager - Fab 14

Ann Marie Holmes is an Engineer with Intel. She studied honours maths, chemistry, physics and biology for her Leaving cert which impacted significatly on her decision to follow a STEM career path.

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Career Articles

Life as a STEM Graduate at Deloitte
Life as a STEM Graduate at Deloitte
Posted by Deloitte
Women Step into Farming – A succession success story with Sophie Bell
Women Step into Farming – A succession success story with Sophie Bell
Posted by CareersPortal
Apprenticeship helps Jack shake ‘imposter syndrome’
Apprenticeship helps Jack shake ‘imposter syndrome’
Posted by Accounting Technicians Ireland
Sinead McCool - Product Innovation Officer
Sinead McCool - Product Innovation Officer
Posted by CareersPortal
Hear from James Quah - Nurse
Hear from James Quah - Nurse
Posted by Health Service Executive
Using STEM to understand ourselves
Using STEM to understand ourselves
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
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