FutureConnect
Personalized Virtual Career Navigation and Coaching
Not sure what your next career step should be? FutureConnect connects Albertans with trusted live supports to help turn career questions into clear, practical next steps.
Through alis.alberta.ca resources and the FutureConnect platform powered by Acuspire, Albertans can book appointments with knowledgeable Service Navigators and Career Coaches to help them explore career options, education and training pathways, labour market opportunities, and employment and workplace goals.
Career Support Wherever You Are in Alberta
FutureConnect is delivered entirely online, making professional career support easier to access from communities across Alberta.
Use the FutureConnect platform to meet with a Service Navigator from the comfort of your home or another convenient location. When more in-depth career support is needed, a Navigator can connect you with a Career Coach appointment for personalized guidance and planning.
Explore your options. Build a plan. Move forward with confidence.
For service information or to book an appointment, visit https://futureconnect.ca/
How FutureConnect Can Help
Start with an alis.alberta.ca Service Navigator who can help you find the right information, tools, and resources for your career or employment question.
Navigation support may include:
- Exploring careers, occupations, and possible career pathways
- Finding education, training, and funding information
- Understanding Alberta labour market information and job opportunities
- Using alis career planning and job search tools more effectively
- Identifying employment, learning, and community supports
- Clarifying your next step and connecting to additional services when appropriate
Need deeper support? Career Coaches provide personalized one-on-one guidance to help you better understand your strengths, explore realistic options, and create an action plan that reflects your goals.
Career coaching may include:
- Career exploration and goal setting
- Identifying strengths, interests, skills, and transferable experience
- Reviewing and interpreting career assessment results
- Comparing occupations, education, and training pathways
- Understanding labour market opportunities
- Creating practical career, learning, and employment action plans
Powered by Alis, Manpower, and Acuspire
Alis
Alis.alberta.ca is Alberta's trusted online source for career, learning, and employment information. It supports Alberta’s diverse career development ecosystem and offers career advice, labour market information, and interactive career planning tools for all Albertans.
Manpower
Through FutureConnect, Manpower adds a professional human connection to alis resources by helping Albertans understand the information, apply it to their situation, and identify practical next steps.
Acuspire
Acuspire powers the secure virtual service experience, supporting online appointments and personalized coaching. Together, Alis, Manpower and Acuspire make career support more accessible, connected, and easy to navigate.
FutureConnect is available to Alberta residents who want support making informed career, education, training, employment, or workplace decisions.
FutureConnect may be right for you if you are:
- Exploring career options or considering a career change
- Trying to choose education or training that supports your goals
- Looking for career planning or labour market information
- Identifying your strengths, interests, and transferable skills
- Seeking guidance on employment or next-step career decisions
- Adapting to changes and challenges in your workplace
- Interested in convenient virtual career navigation or coaching
You do not need to have your career path figured out. FutureConnect is designed to help you identify where to start.
From Career Questions to Clear Next Steps
Career decisions can feel overwhelming when there are too many options or you are unsure where to begin. FutureConnect brings together current labour market information, evidence-based career development practices, trusted alis.alberta.ca resources, and personalized virtual support to make the process easier to navigate.
Whether you are exploring your first career, considering a new direction, researching education or training, returning to work, or simply looking for reliable career information, FutureConnect helps you understand your options and build a practical path forward.
