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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Specsavers Careers in Optometry
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European Space Agency - ESERO
Retail Supervision Apprenticeship - Cathy Kearney
HR Manager BWG Foods - Retail Supervision Apprenticeship - Cathy Kearney
Disclosing your Disability in the Workplace
Disclosing Your Disability in the Workplace - Disclosing your Disability in the Workplace
Civil Engineering Contractors Association
Civil Engineering Contractors Association - Civil Engineering Contractors Association

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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Shane McDonagh
Shane McDonagh, Renewable Energy Engineer

Shane McDonagh is a Phd Researcher working in the area of renewable energy engineering. Shane uses computer programmes to analyse data and look for patterns that will tell us how energy systems will work on a big scale.

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Career Articles

A day in the life of an anaesthetist
A day in the life of an anaesthetist
Posted by CareersPortal
Designing your own Destiny - PLC to Fashion Design
Designing your own Destiny - PLC to Fashion Design
Posted by CareersPortal
Greg Ryan -Technical Solicitor
Greg Ryan -Technical Solicitor
Posted by The Law Society of Ireland - Diploma Centre
Meet James - Administrative Officer in the Economics Division in the Department of Finance
Meet James - Administrative Officer in the Economics Division in the Department of Finance
Posted by publicjobs
Meet Orla O’Sullivan from the CAMHS team
Meet Orla O’Sullivan from the CAMHS team
Posted by Health Service Executive
Jackie Corcoran -  JJ Rhatigan & Company
Jackie Corcoran - JJ Rhatigan & Company
Posted by Construction Industry Federation
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