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CareersPortal.ie is committed to providing useful, relevant and up-to-date information to assist all people when making career decisions. In this section of the site we provide quick access to information and resources that may be useful to Career Guidance professionals in the course of their daily work.

REACH+ Programme:
REACH+ Programme - [Leaving Cert Senior Cycle Only] 
 

Brochure.
Order Form 2013
REACH+ Powerpoint Overview for Parent Nights [8 slides]
Review of REACH+ in Guideline [pdf file]
Review of REACH+ in NCGE News [pdf file]
CareersPortal vs REACH+ [pdf file]
Student/Parents Flyer [pdf file]

REACH Certificates
     - Call us to get customised Certificates for your School
Generic TY Certificate [pdf file]
Generic Certificate [pdf file]

The following list includes links to sections of this website, to other frequently used websites and to our downloadable worksheets for use with students and clients.

Most worksheets and lesson plans have been designed for use in the post primary school setting for use by Guidance Counsellors in a classroom setting.

Further Lesson Plans and worksheets are being developed. If you have suggestions for lesson plans/worksheets you can send these to info@careersportal.ie. Feedback on the use of these resources is welcomed, and will be posted on this section of the site.

Career Skills
Introduces the topic of transferable skills. Includes Self-assessment exercise on 26 key skills. CareerSkills competition is for 2nd Level only (TY & Leaving Cert's) 

 

Go to the CareerSkills section of thei site  CareerSkills Competition 2013

Competition - Answerbooks and other resources
Competition Instructions - TY
Competition Instructions - LC & LCVP
Competition Instructions - LCA

Go to the Career Skills section of this site  CareerSkills - Web Section
Worksheet - Career Skills Self-Assessment [pdf - 540Kb, 4 pages]
Worksheet - Career Skills Self-Assessment - Irish [pdf - 560Kb, 4 pages]

Lesson Plan - Career Skills [pdf - 194Kb, 2 pages] 
Worksheet - Job Roles 1 - 10 [pdf - 464Kb, 10 pages]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Hospital [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Band [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Airline [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Hotel [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Supermarket [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Hairdresser [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Sports Team [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Restaurant [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Construction Site [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Secondary School [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Job Roles - Blank [pdf - 150Kb, 1 page]


Work Placements
These downloads highlight the core issues involved for the main participants involved in school work placements. We suggest giving each student a copy of the Student Worksheet, and a copy of the Parent Guide for their parents.
For employers new to offernig a workplacement, we recommend passing on the Employers Guide.
For teachers new to work placements we recommend the Teachers Guide
The Student Worksheet is designed to help prepare for a work placement in advance.
The Summary Worksheet is designed to summarise experience obtained during a work placement.

  Worksheet - Student Worksheet [pdf - 554Kb, 4 pages]
Worksheet - Parents Guidelines [pdf - 525Kb, 4 pages]
Worksheet - Employers Guidelines [pdf - 830Kb, 7 pages]
Worksheet - Teachers Guidelines [pdf - 480Kb, 8 pages]
Worksheet - Work Placement Summary [pdf - 88Kb, 1 page]

STEM Video & Worksheet (Kildare & NUIM sponsored)
A 17 min version of a DVD featuring STEM career and course opportunities in the Kildare region collects the views and opinions of school students, teachers, third level students and lecturers, and employees from Intel, HP and Bord na Mona.

The Worksheet contains classroom exercises designed to inform students (Junior Cert & Leaving Cert.) on the career possibilities that exist in the STEM area.

  STEM Video  [17min]
  STEM Worksheet [pdf - 500Kb, 4 pages]

Powerpoint for parents nights
Simple Powerpoint designed to provide a brief introduction to the site to parents. Contains notes with suggested comments for each slide [View / Notes Page). Can be edited to suit your requirements. No animations.

  Powerpoint - Parents introduction [ppt - 6.8Mb, 14 pages]

Finding CAO Courses
We maintain our own CAO database to allow full integration with all aspects of our site. All courses are linked directly to Qualifax and college websites. Searching is through a simple search (CAO code, Title, College or combinations thereof) or Wizard (student friendly step-by-step approach)

  Go to CAO Simple Search  Simple Search
Go to CAO Wizard  Wizard
  Course Videos
Launch the CAO Points Calculator  Points Calculator
Qualifax CAO Search
CAO Events (from Qualifax)
College Open Days (from Qualifax)
CAO Website

 

The following downloadable worksheets assist students identifying CAO courses by introducing 22 course subject areas alongside other criteria to create a working shortlist of courses for further investigation. Used in conjunction with the CAO Wizard on this site.

  Worksheet - CAO CourseFinder [pdf - 680Kb, 4 pages]
Worksheet - CAO Course Investigation Form [pdf - 133Kb, 1 page]


Career Interests
An introduction to the concept of Career Interests with descriptions and links. Use of the Interest Profiler requires the user to register (free). Can be used for matching Occupations and CAO and PLC courses.
  Create a new account for a user  New Registration (opens in new window)
Go the the Career Interests section of the site  Career Interests - Web Section

The following downloadable worksheets introduce the notion of career interest categories in an interactive classroom based setting.
  Lesson Plan [pdf - 236Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Community Project Exercise [pdf - 97Kb, 1 page]

Industry Sectors (Career categories)
Provides a basic introduction to 29 industry sectors. Each sector has associated up-to-date news, occupations, courses, and more.
 

The following downloadable worksheets enable students do a 'Sector Investigation' and present finding back to the class.
  Lesson Plan [pdf - 236Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet - Career Sectors [pdf - 215Kb, 2 pages]
Worksheet - Sector Investigation [pdf - 95Kb, 1 page]

Career Investigation
  Go to the A-Z Occupations Search Page  A-Z Occupations
Search for Occupations by Industry Sector  Occupations by Industry Sector
Search Occupations by Career Interests  Occupations by Interests
View a list of Occupations identified by the Expert Skills Group as being in demand in the comming years  Occupations with possible Future Skills Shortages
Go to a list of Job Holder Video and Career Interviews  Career Interviews with Jobholders (Videos - Interviews)
Career Directions
NUIM Virtual Career Library

Worksheet designed to hold information collected during a career investigation, e.g. as used in the LCVP
  Worksheet - Career Investigation [pdf - 158Kb, 2 pages]

Learning Skills
A series of downloadable resources designed to facilitate student learning and goal setting during 5th and 6th year. Includes online Study Skills Test.

Go to Learning Skills Programme

 

Workbook - Learning Skills [pdf - 800Kb, 4 pages]
Worksheet - Results Targets [pdf - 252Kb, 2 pages] (Current 6th Yrs)

Worksheet 1 - Place of Study [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 2 - Organisation [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 3 - Motivation & Goal Setting [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 4 - Reading Skills [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 5 - Note Taking Skills [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 6 - Revising and Exam Preparation [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]
Worksheet 7 - Exam Performance [pdf - 80Kb, 1 page]

Worksheets 1-7 [pdf - 340Kb, 7 pages]


 


 

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