Details on the graduate programme and how to apply
The Shell Graduate Programme offers a world-class framework to help you make the most of your potential, personally and professionally.
The Shell Graduate Programme lasts at least 3 years, and is the beginning of a career-long development that places high value on flexibility and a great work-life balance.
What to expect on the Programme
Your Learning Journey
Within your three years in the programme, you will be molded to be a future leader through a range of development opportunities which may include job rotations, on-the-job challenges, formal training and coaching.
Tailored Graduate Development
At Shell, we empower graduates to take ownership of your own development.
Co-created by you and your line manager to make the best of your individual strengths, your unique plan is an agreed course of action to help you keep track of your progress and steer your learning.
Using this plan as a guide, you will actively manage your development while your line manager will provide the necessary enablement.
End-of-Programme Assessment
At the end of your programme, your performance and achievements will be reviewed. Upon a successful outcome, an exciting next phase of the journey will commence.
Choose the Shell path for you
Shell is one of the world’s largest companies, with variety of roles and opportunities, globally. To help you find the best place for your skills, we have organised our Graduate Programme into three distinct business areas.
In Global Functions, you will help deliver the specialist advice that enables us to operate as a highly competitive global business. In expert fields like Finance, Contracting & Procurement, HR and Information and Digital Technology, you’ll have the opportunity to work and collaborate with teams across the globe.
Your Shell Global Functions Graduate Programme experience
You will undertake two 18-month assignments during your time in the Programme. Your first assignment is determined on hiring, the next via either application or placement (depending on number/location of roles). Each assignment is different from the last, with roles designed to complement each other, with a broad range of experience and development (which may depend on availability, mobility and development needs).
We offer roles with real responsibility and development opportunities from the start.
You will experience a spectrum of diverse and enriching learning opportunities that will allow you to accelerate your development. Beyond formal courses and workshops, these include social learning, interactions with senior leaders and collaboration with a global network of experienced colleagues. You will grow, learn, and thrive in a supportive and dynamic environment.
Upon successful completion of the Roundtable assessment, you will be able to further develop your career and expertise
Global Function-specific programmes include:
Finance
Finance in Shell is a global organization at the heart of our business delivering a world-class Finance capability. We offer a range of disciplines, from management and financial accounting, controlling and treasury to investor relations, tax and mergers and acquisitions. Finance challenges and improves the way Shell works and thereby makes a positive contribution to the bottom line. We provide financial leadership and are accountable for the integrity of internal and external financial reporting. We offer the opportunity to do leading edge work within best practice business and financial structures, process and systems. For example, Finance employees play a key role in delivering major capital investment programs and significant business growth. We also offer an environment where you can readily develop personally and professionally.
Why apply for a Finance Graduate role?
Learn today, lead tomorrow – Having a learner mindset in Shell means you will be encouraged and inspired to develop your capabilities from the start. You will have the chance to build your skills every day while helping Shell power progress, for example via professional accreditation (ACCA, CIMA) and on the job development.
Collaborate with high calibre talent – You will work with professionals and experts who can share their experience, skills and energy with you. In turn, because we value diversity in all its aspects, you can share your insights, ideas and enthusiasm to improve how Finance in Shell operates.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture – Our key values of honesty, integrity and respect inform our work every day. You will experience an environment where you can bring your best and be yourself, while managing your priorities.
Develop the energy solutions of tomorrow and today – We will provide the environment and opportunity to make a difference through the work you do to contribute to the energy transition. You could be working with customer, driving insightful financial information through the company and supporting the commercial decision-making process.
Human Resources
Human Resources (HR) is a great place to be in Shell. It involves managing the processes that affect human performance and attitudes in a way that delivers business results. The value added by HR activities can significantly increase the rate of return on Shell’s investment in people. HR policies and processes directly impact the bottom line through employee attraction, onboarding, retention, development of leadership capabilities and motivation.
Shell places a high value on its people, and within Shell, HR is a valued partner with business leaders and is a trusted resource for resolving employee issues and advocating employee interests. Our global community of HR professionals is accountable for the quality, implementation and execution of these processes to deliver better business results.
Why apply for an HR Graduate role?
Learn today, lead tomorrow – You will be supported and inspired to develop your capabilities from day one. Having a learner mindset will mean you have the chance to build your skills every day while helping Shell power progress, for example via in role development and social learning. Careers for HR generalist and specialists are available.
Collaborate with high calibre talent – Shell is known for its inclusive and collaborative approach. You will have the opportunity to work with professionals and experts who can share their insights and experiences which will mean you can grow, learn and, in turn, share your ideas to improve HR in Shell.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture – Honesty, integrity and respect are the core values in Shell. In HR, you will experience an environment where you can be yourself and be your best, while also playing a part in supporting Shell develop that culture through our people strategies and programmes.
Support the energy solutions of tomorrow and today – People are at the heart of what we do. An HR role in Shell will provide the opportunity to improve business results and employee experience. You might be supporting change management, team development or performance management to enable business success through the energy transition.
Life beyond learning
Along with opportunities to learn and grow, we want your first years at Shell to be enjoyable, sociable, and to help you develop other skills that are vital for a promising career, from communication to building relationships. Day-to-day life at Shell gives you plenty of chances to meet people, network and really enjoy the social side of work. At Shell, work-life balance is highly valued, as is community.
Powering Graduates
Powering Graduates offers a series of unique development opportunities relevant for all the Graduates regardless of their business area.
Thriving with a supportive community
Teamwork is vital for us to achieve our common goal. At Shell, you will experience working with a diverse and collaborative global network who will always be able to help you solve day-to-day challenges.
Apart from being part of the Global Graduate Community, you are also welcome to join Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in Shell, including the Women’s Network, the enABLE Network for employees with disabilities, and among others.
Listening to what you have to say
At Shell, you’ll be encouraged to voice your ideas and concerns. Your diverse thoughts and inputs are valuable, and you’ll find how leaders will enable you to speak up and share your insights to the table.
Rewarding your hard work
You’ll be recognized and rewarded with a compensation and benefits package considered to be among the best in the industry, including a competitive starter salary, with performance related pay and allowances.
How to apply?
Our Graduates, while diverse in background and skillsets, come together with key traits and behaviours that aid their success in the programme. These include qualities such as their capacity to analyse situations and propose purposeful solutions that align with our strategic goals, adaptability towards learning and growing from feedback in order to deliver results, and how they nurture relationships and work effectively with a diverse team.
The application process
Stage One: Virtual Job Tryout and On-Demand Interview
Step into the role with our Virtual Job Tryout, the first stage of your application journey. Experience the job through simulations where you tackle challenges, demonstrate your problem-solving skills, share your unique story, and reveal your work approach. This is a dynamic way to gauge how you’ll fit into a role in the Shell Graduate Programme. Once you complete the Virtual Job Tryout, you will then move on to the On-Demand Interview. During the On-Demand Interview, you will be given enough time to prepare for each question before being asked to record your responses. You will be given the option to save your progress, though you will have to complete the interview within 7 days from receiving the invitation.
The Virtual Job Tryout and On-Demand Interview will take approximately 40 minutes.
Stage Two: Final Assessment (Virtual)
Applicants to either programme will complete a virtual case study session with two Shell employees. You will need to read and prepare for this, but don’t worry, all the information you need will be provided to you in advance.
Applicants to the Shell Graduate Programme (SGP) will complete a virtual interview with the same two Shell employees. This allows us to get to know you better and for you to get to know us better.
Offer
Following the successful completion of Stage 2, you could be offered a place in the Shell Graduate Programme (SGP) or the Shell Assessed Internship Programme (SAI) depending on currently available opportunities.
In the Assessed Internship Programme, you will receive hands-on training and the chance to earn a Shell Graduate Programme employment offer.
For Graduates, if you are successful in your application, your intake date could fall within one of these months: February, May, August or November. However, please be aware that the availability of roles varies by country. Some countries offer roles in all four months, while others provide opportunities only in certain months. The specifics are contingent on the location.
What we look for
Our Graduates, while diverse in background and skillsets, come together with key traits and behaviours that aid their success in the programme. These include qualities such as their capacity to analyse situations and propose purposeful solutions that align with our strategic goals, adaptability towards learning and growing from feedback in order to deliver results, and how they nurture relationships and work effectively with a diverse team.
Our basic requirements
We welcome applicants who have either already graduated from a recognised university or are in the final year of their degree course.
For Technical roles in certain countries, we do ask that you have already obtained or are studying towards a Master’s degree or equivalent qualification. In other countries, many of our technical roles are for a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
For Commercial and Global Functions roles, we are looking for a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
