Career Development
More than 19 need-based courses are offered for professional, technical, and administrative employees. Employees and leaders can chart their paths for self-development and growth.
- Technical Training
To help develop and enhance computer skills, employees are offered a three-phase curriculum of technical training. In addition to providing job-specific technical training, Aflac offers on-site training to all employees at no cost—regardless of whether the skill is required in their current positions.
- Job-specific Training
Employees are offered a variety of job-specific training and/or designations for many areas of expertise throughout Aflac. Employees receive cash awards, in addition to reimbursement of exam costs, for successfully completing the training and/or earning the designations.
- Industry Education
Industry education and designation opportunities include on-site examinations that qualify employees for eligible advancement. Aflac pays the initial examination registration fee for each course and provides a cash award for successful completion of each course.
- Leadership Development
Because Aflac's leaders are critical to the company’s success, the company provides them a mandatory, three-level training program. Phase I provides managers with the skills and knowledge to lead, coach, develop, and motivate employees. In Phase II, officers and managers learn key skills for continuing their professional development. Phase III builds on the development from Phase II.
- e-Learning
Employees receive training at their desks, view the current course offerings, determine if there is a class opening, register for classes, receive class confirmation, and view their educational transcripts.
Scholarships
Since 1991, Aflac has provided educational resources via scholarships with area universities and colleges. The scholarships are offered to employees and their children and/or grandchildren and include:
- Employees
Paul S. Amos Education Foundation, Inc.
Paul S. Amos Graduate School Tuition Reimbursement Program
On-site Master's Program
- Children/Grandchildren
William L. Amos Sr. Scholarship
Paul S. Amos Aflac Scholarship
Personal Growth
In addition to caring about employees on a professional level, Aflac is interested in the personal side of employees. The company is interested in their lives outside of work and is committed to helping the employee balance work and family life.
Aflac has partnered with the Columbus Housing Initiative (CHI) to help employees make home ownership a reality. During a Lunch & Learn session with CHI representatives, employees learn everything they need to know about finding a home and qualifying for a loan. Aflac offers employees special grants toward closing costs when they purchase a home through this program.
Aflac provides employees with a series of other Lunch & Learn courses designed to help them in their personal lives. These classes are offered during employees’ lunch hours, and the company provides lunch. Instructors from a local business resource center provide information on topics such as: Women and Investing, To Buy or Not to Buy, Purchasing the Right Home, Road to Retirement, Professional Presence, It's Time for Me, Ready or Not ... Freshman Year at College!, Totally Cool Grandparenting, Helping Children Live With Big Issues, and many more.
The company realizes that balancing work and family is not always easy. Sometimes, employees need help from other informed resources. Aflac's Work & Family Resource Center, located at Imagination Station (Aflac's on-site child-care center), provides books and tapes on work and family issues such as prenatal care, parenting, and elder care that can be checked out.
For more information about job opportunities at Aflac's Worldwide Headquarters, call 1-800-522-0011. Or if you are in Columbus, Georgia call 1-706-596-5959.
