Sergeant Brandon Deutsch, of the 5th Signal Squadron, Burnham, helps King’s High School pupil Waqa Daunitoko, 15, try on some kit at the Defence Force recruiting stand at the NZ Careers Expo at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin yesterday.
Many organisations took part including the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic, Dive Otago and Air New Zealand.
The workforce was changing "all the time" and the expo would continue to develop to meet those changes, Mr Gillard said.
"What existed for people 10 years ago is not necessarily the same today, so they need to connect and see what’s out there for them."