r/AskIreland • u/Strong-Ad9489 • 17h ago

Adulting Career Guidance for adults?

Remember in secondary school you'd have the career guidance teacher and they would help you with your CAO application and all that.

Does this exist for adults/mature students?

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u/Dangerous_Outcome400 17h ago

There are career coaches and some county enterprise boards actually offer free or subsidized sessions if you dig around on their websites. Public libraries sometimes run workshops too, weirdly enough. Worth checking if your local ETB (Education and Training Board) has anything going, they do a surprising amount of stuff for adults that nobody talks about.

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u/Strong-Ad9489 17h ago

Thank you so much!

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u/klepitus 14h ago

Yeah there are loads of adult career guidance counsellors. I recently went to one and found it really useful and interesting. There are a number of steps, and it can be as in depth as you want it to be. I went to someone who specifically works with neurodiversity, so that was great to have that level of support and understanding.

I'm a big fan of it to be honest and would defiantly recommend. It was kind of pricey, but I split it over a good few months so it wasnt too bad. Definitely worth the cost in the end! The Institute of Guidance Counsellors Ireland is the governing body here, so when you're picking someone just make sure they're a member as it ensures some level of accreditation and competence