Joining us as a Graduate

"Shell seemed to offer better opportunities, including the possibility to change career track and choose between a technical or a non-technical role."

Hui-Min, Process Engineer

At Shell, we don't recruit into a generic graduate scheme. Instead, we match each individual to a particular role based on their skills, potential and personal preferences.  Although for some careers we look for a specific degree background, for many others you could come from any discipline. But wherever you join us, you'll be expected to bring talent, drive and ambition. You'll also need to be ready to take on real responsibility right from the start.

As your career with us progresses, you'll have the opportunity to move sideways into different roles and business areas or upwards into positions with more responsibility. As a general guide, most of our graduates are likely to have commenced a second assignment within their first three years.

If you'd like to join us, you'll need to make a general application and, if you pass our selection process, we'll match you with your perfect job.

A graduate is someone who is nearing the end of a Bachelors, Masters or Advanced degree or who has one of these degrees. Candidates will also need to demonstrate that they have certain qualities that indicate the potential to become a leader. These qualities concern intellectual, motivational and interpersonal skills as well as technical competence. Shell is an equal opportunity employer and actively promotes diversity and inclusiveness within its workforce.

Whatever you want to achieve in your career, you can get there with Shell. Whilst best known for our service stations and our Exploration & Production activities, we have an exceptionally diverse portfolio of interests in 140 different countries. This means we can offer gradates a huge range of career opportunities - in both the technical and commercial arenas.

We're committed to harnessing the potential of graduates from all disciplines and, because you'll be working on live projects right from day one, you'll have a real chance to prove yourself. What's more, with ongoing professional and personal development throughout your career, there really will be no limits as to how far you could progress with us.

Capacity: You’ll need to bring the intellectual, analytical and creative ability to learn quickly, identify issues, make judgements and propose solutions

A commitment to achievement: We’ll expect plenty of enthusiasm, resilience and confidence – you’ll be someone who can always get things done

Strong interpersonal skills: You should have the character and ability to work efficiently with others in a team

To join us in a Technical role, you'll also need to bring Technical flair: You'll be expected to display a solid understanding of technical issues along with a genuine enthusiasm for technical challenges.