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 Ambassador - Languages
Applied Languages and Translation Studies - Student Ambassador - Languages
Television Presenter (Irish Language)
Television Presenter (Irish Language) - Television Presenter (Irish Language)
OEM Apprenticeship
Comblift OEM Apprenticeship - OEM Apprenticeship
Tom Tooher
Lieutenant - Army - Tom Tooher
Senior Bioprocessing Technician
Senior Bioprocessing Technician - Senior Bioprocessing Technician

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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Marie Coughlin
Marie Coughlin, Clerical Officer

Maire Coughlin is a Clerical Officer working in Cork County Council in the Housing Maintenance Department.  She did a Secretarial Course after school and has worked in the County Council for the last 32 years in a variety of roles.

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My Career as a Freelance Prop Maker
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Siobhan O'Connor - Researcher in Health Formatics
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Carlow College Arts & Humanities Graduate
Carlow College Arts & Humanities Graduate
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A Day in the Life of a Parliamentary Reporter - Leinster House
A Day in the Life of a Parliamentary Reporter - Leinster House
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A Week in My Family Therapy Practice
A Week in My Family Therapy Practice
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Learn from Leading Educators in Irish Film & Television
Learn from Leading Educators in Irish Film & Television
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