About Optimal Careers

We are proud to be an Irish-based specialist CAO career navigation service

  • Tailored to the needs of Irish leaving cert students, undergraduates and career changers.
  • We passionately believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive in their career. And we believe they can – with the right navigation and guidance.
  • We work with clients across Ireland and educators in second and third level institutions to deliver a first-class career navigation and CAO advisory service. 
Crystallise your self-knowledge and open the door to your success
Dónall Donnelly
Psychotherapist

Unlock your potential

Donall Donnelly, our founder and managing director has had a successful career as a guidance counsellor, psychotherapist, recruitment consultant and executive coach.
In the twenty five years he has been in this field, he has worked with the leading career navigation tests in the world before finally choosing Harrison assessment as the optimal experience for his clients.
Donall has successfully trained and become fully accredited in the Harrison technology and is a strong advocate of the benefits it can bring to the career navigation journey. We passionately believe that everyone deserves the chance to reach their optimal potential in their optimal career.

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Students

Our assessment enables you to discover your intrinsic motivations and preferences in order to choose a career you’ll truly love. Taking 175 different workplace factors into account we are here to help you every step of the way!

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Undergraduate Students

If you feel you’ve chosen the wrong course get back on track with our assessment. With 6500 preconfigured Job Success formulas, we can help you find the empowerment factors that lead to your career success!

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Career Changers

If you feel your career is at a crossroads and you’re no longer developing or being invested in reignite your sense of passion, purpose and fulfillment with our service. Our assessment compares an employee to a full set of demonstrated aptitude and behavioural characteristics including attitudes, motivations, interpersonal skills, interests, work values and work preferences.

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