CareersPortal

What CareersPortal does

CareersPortal is an Irish private company that operates careersportal.ie, a web-based career guidance platform serving Irish students, graduates, and adult learners. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Blackrock, Ireland, the company operates with 11–50 employees and serves a purely domestic Irish market. The platform provides registered users with a personal Career File — a private digital repository storing results from Career Interests, Personality, and Study Skills assessments, along with CV copies and saved library content. Assessment tools are standard self-report instruments rather than algorithmic systems.

The company's business model combines a freemium consumer offering with a school-based subscription programme called REACH+. Individual users access core features (Career File, profilers, Careers Library, Career Pad, CV tools) for free, with three persona types at registration: Second Level School Students, Third Level College Students/Graduates, and Adult Learners/Jobseekers. REACH+ extends the platform into Irish secondary schools as an institutional subscription, enabling Guidance Counsellors to view student files and manage career education programmes. MyFuture+ provides voluntary data sharing with Further Education service providers (NextSteps and Further Education tracks). Two specialized sub-brands extend the platform's surface: TourismCareers.ie for tourism-sector guidance and Saoloibre.ie for Irish-language users.

The technology stack is a conventional web application with no disclosed AI, API, or SDK surface. The company holds GDPR compliance certification (privacy statement updated May 2018) and explicitly commits to no profiling, micro-targeting, or third-party data trading. Revenue, funding history, ownership structure, and leadership team are not disclosed in available source material. The company maintains sub-brands (tourismcareers.ie, saoloibre.ie) and runs a National Career Skills Competition programme for user engagement.

Name

CareersPortal

Legal name

CareersPortal

Website

https://careersportal.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CareersPortal is an Irish web-based career guidance platform serving Irish secondary students, college students/graduates, and adult learners with assessment tools and a personal Career File, supplemented by a school subscription programme (REACH+) and vertical sub-brands for tourism and Irish-language users.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Guidance Platform

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Exploration, Interest/Skills Assessment & Pathway Planning (EDAFAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Essay, Resume & Portfolio Coaching Platforms (EDAFAMAD), Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

Keywords

• Career guidance platform
• Career assessment tools
• Educational career services
• Career planning software
• Job search resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Blackrock

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Free Career File: Basic membership provides free access to Career File, Career Interests Profiler, Personality Profiler, Study Skills Assessment, Career Pad, and Careers Library. Users can create accounts and store career-related information without charge.
2. REACH+ Subscription: School subscription programme for REACH+ providing extended functionality including additional data storage, access by school Guidance Counsellors, and integration with schools' Career Guidance programmes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CareersPortal is a web-based career guidance platform that creates and maintains a personalized digital Career File for each user, storing career assessment results, personality and study skills profiles, CVs, and career-related notes. The platform serves Irish students, graduates, adult learners and jobseekers with free self-serve tools, and extends to schools and education providers through paid subscription programmes (REACH+, MyFuture+) that allow Guidance Counsellors and tutors to view user files for career education delivery.

Product overview

CareersPortal.ie is a unified online career guidance platform offering multiple interconnected products and services. The core platform provides personalized career exploration through a private Career File system, supported by assessment tools including Career Interests Profiler, Personality Profiler, and Study Skills Assessment. The platform extends through specialized sub-products including REACH+ (school-based subscription programme) and MyFuture+ (voluntary programme with NextSteps and Further Education tracks). Additional offerings include the Irish-language Saoloibre.ie portal and TourismCareers.ie for industry-specific guidance. Users can develop key competencies across three areas: self-understanding, exploring opportunities, and career management, with access to CV building tools and a Careers Library resource.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• tourismcareers.ie: Career guidance platform operated by CareersPortal
• saoloibre.ie

Products and services

• CareersPortal.ie Primary online career guidance platform providing users with tools to research careers, employment and educational options, featuring a personal Career File for storing assessment results and career-related information.
• Career File Personal digital file that stores users' career assessment results including Career Interests Profiler, Personality Profiler, and Study Skills assessment results, along with CV copies and educational information.
• REACH+ Programme Subscription-based career guidance programme accessible through schools, allowing Guidance Counsellors to monitor students' career development as part of the school's career education programme.
• MyFuture+ Programme Voluntary career guidance programme with two tracks: MyFuture+ NextSteps and MyFuture+ Further Education, where participants agree to share their Career File with assigned service providers or tutors.
• Saoloibre.ie Irish language version of the career guidance platform operated under the CareersPortal umbrella for Irish-speaking users.
• TourismCareers.ie Specialized career guidance portal for the tourism industry sector, operated alongside the main platform.
• National Career Skills Competition Educational competition programme facilitated through CareersPortal for career skills development.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• REACH+ Programme SchoolscoreOthersIrish secondary schools that subscribe to the REACH+ programme. Schools integrate CareersPortal into their formal Career Guidance programmes. Guidance Counsellors have access to students' REACH+ Career Files for career education delivery.
• MyFuture+ Service ProviderscoreOthersFurther Education service providers and NextSteps staff members who access users' Career Files with voluntary user consent for career guidance programme delivery.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global job search platform with growing career exploration, salary research, and skills assessment features. Comparable as a destination for job seekers but with far broader scope and resources.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network offering career exploration, learning, and job search functionality with embedded assessments. Comparable as a career guidance and networking platform, but vastly larger and internationally focused.
• CareerBuilder: Global job board and talent platform that has expanded into career resource content and assessment tools. Comparable career guidance and job-search functionality but at a much broader scale than CareersPortal.

Direct peers

• MyPlan.com: Career and education planning platform offering interest, personality, and values assessments with career matching. Comparable offering for students exploring education and career pathways.
• Qualifax: Irish national course and career information platform providing learners with education and career pathway data. Directly comparable as the closest Irish competitor in the career guidance space, sharing audience and content coverage.
• Kuder: US-based career planning platform delivering interest, skills, and values assessments with education and career planning tools. Comparable as a career assessment and planning SaaS used by schools and individuals.
• CareerExplorer: Online career assessment and planning platform that uses psychometric testing to match users to careers. Comparable freemium model offering interest/personality assessments and personalized career recommendations.

Regional players

• Prospects: UK-based graduate careers and postgraduate study platform offering career planning tools, course search, and job-market insight. Comparable model targeting third-level students with similar self-serve career guidance and assessment features.

Emerging players

• 16Personalities: Popular free personality assessment site widely used by students and job seekers for self-understanding. Comparable personality/career assessment content, though lacking CareerPortal's Irish education-system integration and B2B school offering.
• Truity: Online psychometric assessment provider offering personality and career-related tests with personalized insights. Comparable assessment-led approach to career guidance, though with a broader consumer-facing focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/careersportal
• Facebookfacebook.com/CareersPortal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/careersportal

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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