About
CareersPortal.ie is a "one stop shop" for those needing or providing career guidance in Ireland. The site is freely available and integrates up-to-date occupational and course information with advanced search and career self-assessment tools.
Results of self-assessments can be used to help the user research the world of work and the world of education. This is supported with information on career sectors, apprenticeships, labour market information, scholarships, and work experience opportunities along with daily career news and events.
The site incorporates accessibility tools which integrate many features including language translations, dyslexia support, the visually impaired and spoken text.
The portal has become an integral tool for guidance professionals and their clients. It is supported by both public and private organisations which collaborate to disseminate the most useful and up-to-date information about careers and courses across all sectors of the economy.
Challenge Area Activities
Personal Skill
Take part in the Career Skills Competition
Programme Breakdown
Gaisce Participants can take part in the Career Skills Competition with Careers Portal.
The competition promotes the importance of Career Skills and encourages the value of independent career research. It gives Participants the chance to reflect on the skills they developed during their work experience and explain how those skills can help them in their future careers. Each participant needs to fill in a diary of their work experience illustrating the training they received, the interactions they had with staff, the challenges they faced and the key career skills they observed and developed. They then choose a career of their choice to investigate, this can be based on their work experience but doesn’t have to be. Their Career Investigation should include a description of the job, the knowledge requirements, the skills that are needed and the educational pathways. Finally, they reflect on how their work experience and career investigation have influenced their career decision-making process.
See more about the Career Skills Competition here
See more about the Career Skills Competition here