Career Guidance Tools for Guidance Counsellors in Ireland
Give every student the insight, structure and confidence to make informed decisions about subjects, careers and further study.
From first career ideas to third level
MyFutureChoice gives guidance counsellors proven assessment and research tools that support students from their first career ideas through to Leaving Certificate subject choice and third level education.
Recommended by Brian Mooney
Brian Mooney, Fellow and former President of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, uses MyAptitude and the EirQuest interest inventory with incoming 5th year students during Transition Year, before they make their Leaving Certificate subject choices.
He describes them as highly effective in helping students choose their subjects, and has used MyUniChoices to help students clarify their third level choices at the beginning of 6th year.
Used by Irish guidance counsellors
Give every student more personalised guidance
Every student is different. Some already have a clear career in mind. Others have no idea where to begin.
MyFutureChoice helps you understand each student’s interests, abilities and possible career directions before those important guidance conversations.
Students complete structured assessments and career research on their own. You can then use their personalised results to focus conversations, challenge assumptions and help them plan their next steps.
The technology supports your professional judgement. It doesn’t replace it.
Support students throughout post-primary school
Career decisions don’t happen at one point in a student’s education. MyFutureChoice supports students as their ideas develop.
Transition Year
Help students explore career areas, understand their interests and make better use of work experience and career research.
Leaving Certificate subject choice
Help students see how their interests, career ideas and the entry requirements of future courses affect the subjects they choose.
Senior Cycle
Give students a structured way to investigate careers, education routes and their future options.
Third level choices
Help students look beyond points and institution names, and explore courses based on their interests, academic strengths and plans.
Have students who are unsure where to start? That’s often where structured career exploration adds the most value.
EirQuest
Career guidance designed for Irish students
EirQuest is our career guidance programme for students preparing for the Irish Leaving Certificate, available in Irish and English.
Students answer 300 questions about their interests, abilities and personal qualities. Their results identify the career areas, from more than 50, that could suit them and give a structured starting point for further research.
Students also get access to WORKBRIEF, our careers resource covering more than 550 careers.
Make guidance conversations more productive
A personalised report gives you and the student a useful place to begin.
Instead of only asking “What career would you like to do?”, you can explore more useful questions:
The result is a more focused conversation, based on evidence, reflection and research.
Add another layer of insight with MyAptitude
Interests tell you part of the story. Abilities give you another perspective.
MyAptitude assesses students’ aptitudes and helps you understand their academic potential. Results complement EirQuest and help students recognise strengths they may not have seen in themselves.
MyAptitude is included on the Irish Department of Education and Youth’s published list of psychometric assessments for post-primary guidance, with Irish norms, and its assessments are registered with the British Psychological Society. Its ability tests are backed by Irish and UK norming studies and published reliability and validity evidence.
It gives you another source of evidence when you discuss subjects, courses and career directions.
MyUniChoices
Help students explore third level options
Choosing a third level course is a big decision. MyUniChoices helps students find courses that fit their interests, academic abilities and ambitions.
It draws on the CAO, UCAS and EUNiCAS databases, so students can research Irish courses alongside options in the UK and English-taught courses in Europe and Canada. Students can:
Instead of starting with a list of colleges, students start with a better understanding of what they actually want to study.
Give students ownership of their career planning
Students need time to explore. MyFutureJourney gives each student their own online space to complete assessments, view results, research careers and courses, reflect on what they find and return to their work whenever they need to.
It encourages students to take more responsibility for their decisions, and gives you a clearer picture of the research they’ve done.
Manage your guidance programme in one place with MyHQ
You already have enough administration. MyHQ gives guidance counsellors and authorised school staff one place to manage MyFutureChoice programmes and student activity. You can:
That makes it easier to deliver career guidance to large groups of students without extra administration.
Trusted by guidance professionals
MyFutureChoice has been developing career guidance tools since 1986. More than 3,000 schools and colleges have used our programmes, and they have helped more than one million students make choices about their future.
Our assessments are developed with Occupational Psychologist Dr Charles Johnson, to give guidance professionals reliable information to use alongside their own knowledge of each student.
Free resources for your school: the Leaving Certificate guide pack, free careers posters and the careers calendar for schools.
Training and support for guidance counsellors
You don’t have to introduce the programmes on your own. Our team helps your school get started and supports you as you use the programmes with students.
Training and webinars
Online training for staff and recorded webinars you can watch when it suits you.
Guidance and resources
Programme guidance, support resources and help understanding student reports.
Direct support
Support from the MyFutureChoice team, including on our Irish number, +353 1 903 6810.
Ireland-focused training covers EirQuest, MyHQ and MyUniChoices. Start with the EirQuest webinar for guidance counsellors.
Frequently asked questions
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Give your students a clearer way forward
You know your students. Our tools give you another way to understand their interests, abilities and possible future directions.
Together, that leads to better conversations, better research and more confident choices. See how MyFutureChoice could support guidance in your school.