Training Magazine Applauds Aflac's Employee Learning Programs
February 05 2008 - 1:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
Aflac's eighth consecutive appearance on Training Magazine's list
ranks 33 COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth
consecutive year, highly developed education and leadership
programs helped Aflac leap to Number 33 among the best corporations
providing career development for employees according to Training
Magazine's annual Top 125 listing. During an exclusive ceremony in
Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, the insurer was
honored for its professional and personal development courses,
shooting up 13 spots from last year. "We take tremendous pride in
being designated as one of the best in providing quality
career-enhancement courses to our employees," said Audrey Tillman,
executive vice president, director of Corporate Services. "As we
continue to develop our corporate training offerings, it is
validating to see our workforce build their careers using the
resources and knowledge we help them to obtain." To compile the
listing, applying businesses completed a two-part survey that
highlighted professional skills, executive coaching, leadership
development, employee orientation, sales training and diversity
programs. Several of the company's training initiatives were
lauded, including the Aflac Leadership Academy, a curriculum
designed especially for company management that provides offsite
training, discussion and activities all geared toward promoting
action-learning of core competencies. The Health Insurance Program,
an accredited program for high school students to gain knowledge
and skills necessary to be successful in an insurance organization,
was also recognized. In addition to professional development
training, Aflac provides personal development sessions referred to
as Lunch and Learn courses. Topics addressed include tips on
budgeting and saving as well as classes for first-time home buyers.
The company also offers a variety of tuition-assistance programs
for first-time degree seekers and graduate students, and renewable
college scholarships for children and grandchildren of employees.
Training Magazine's complete listing will be available in a special
section of the March issue. Other recent recognitions Aflac has
received include being named for the tenth consecutive time to
FORTUNE magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and
making the Latina Style magazine's 50 Best Companies for Hispanic
Women to Work list. About Training Magazine Training magazine is a
premier publication with a wealth of training information for human
resource and training professionals. The magazine features topics
on leadership and succession planning, recruitment and retention
and aligning core business competencies with learning theory. About
Aflac For more than 50 years, Aflac products have given
policyholders the opportunity to direct cash where it is needed
most when a life-interrupting medical event causes financial
challenges. Aflac is the number one provider of
guaranteed-renewable insurance in the United States and the number
one insurance company in terms of individual insurance policies in
force in Japan. Our insurance products provide protection to more
than 40 million people worldwide. Aflac has been included in
Fortune magazine's listing of America's Most Admired Companies for
seven consecutive years and in Fortune magazine's list of the 100
Best Companies to Work For in America for ten consecutive years.
Aflac has also been recognized three times by both Fortune
magazine's listing of the Top 50 Employers for Minorities and
Working Mother magazine's listing of the 100 Best Companies for
Working Mothers. Aflac Incorporated is a Fortune 500 company listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. To find out
more about Aflac, visit aflac.com. (Logo:
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Contact: Yolonda King Aflac Incorporated (706) 243-8547 Voice (706)
320-2288 Fax mailto: DATASOURCE: Aflac CONTACT: Yolonda King of
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Web site: http://www.aflac.com/
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