Leaving Certificate Students Career Guidance
The Guidance Counsellor will meet with all Leaving Certificate students individually during their final school year to discuss their options post Leaving Certificate. Leaving Certificate students can avail of as many career appointments as they need in their final year of school. All Leaving Certificate students are timetabled for either LCVP or Career Guidance each week. The students are encouraged to engage in career investigations and to research careers and courses that interest them.
Useful Career Research Websites
Official CAO site |
https://www.cao.ie/ |
Up to date details of Irish courses Qualifax |
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Money and College Costs |
https://hea.ie/funding-governance-performance/funding/student-finance/ |
Course search site for courses |
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Information on graduate jobs, Ireland |
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Colleges in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales |
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Colleges in Europe |
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Further Education and Training course hub (PLC courses) |
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Apprenticeships |
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Other useful Irish websites Gardaí Science Teaching Tourism Nursing Careers in STEM Law |
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Leaving Certificate Grading System
Careers Portal Points Calculator: https://careersportal.ie/courses/calculator/pointsCalculator.html
CAO Important dates 2023/2024
Download and personalise your Interactive 2023 CAO Handbook: https://handbook.cao.ie/
It is important to familiarise yourself with the CAO Handbook (A PDF version is also available to download). Research all courses of interest to ensure entry requirements are met.