Whanganui High School employment coordinator Peter Reid has some enthusiastic students looking for work and he would like hear from employers who might need them.
Mr Reid says he has devoted his lengthy teaching career to assisting young adults into employment.
As an economist and teacher of business subjects, he has always been involved in career development within the local business economies as well as overseas.
"My wife and I returned to Whanganui after teaching in South East Asia in 2004," he says.
"After looking at many options in different parts of the world, we decided to spend the final chapter of our teaching careers paying something back to the development of our beloved Whanganui."
When the employment coordinator position became available at Whanganui High School six years ago, Mr Reid said he "grabbed it with both hands."