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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Jane Kennedy
Research & Development Manager - Jane Kennedy
Dawn Meats Brighter Futures Graduate Programme - Commercial
Commercial Graduates - Dawn Meats Brighter Futures Graduate Programme - Commercial
Climate Change Policy
Climate Change Policy Maker - Climate Change Policy
Niamh Cacciato
Solicitor - Niamh Cacciato
Building Information Modelling (BIM) Engineer
BIM Engineer - Building Information Modelling (BIM) Engineer

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?

Linguistic?

The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.

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Kevin Power
Kevin Power, Resource Manager

Kevin Power works as a Resource Manager for Coillte. Kevin returned to education in his mid twenties to study Forestry at WIT.

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Career Articles

A Week on My Medical Oncology Ward
A Week on My Medical Oncology Ward
Posted by CareersPortal
Women Step into Farming – Hannah Quinn Mulligan's sustainability journey
Women Step into Farming – Hannah Quinn Mulligan's sustainability journey
Posted by CareersPortal
Caoimhe - Athletic Therapy and Training student DCU
Caoimhe - Athletic Therapy and Training student DCU
Posted by Dublin City University - DCU
Robbie Blake - Storage and Vmware Administrator
Robbie Blake - Storage and Vmware Administrator
Posted by CareersPortal
Financial Services Jobs and changes in the Funds Industry
Financial Services Jobs and changes in the Funds Industry
Posted by CareersPortal
Niall Fretwell BA Event Management student
Niall Fretwell BA Event Management student
Posted by Dundalk Institute of Technology - DKIT
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