People With Disabilities
We are committed to creating an environment that enables all employees to achieve their best, regardless of circumstance. This belief underpins how we work with employees with disabilities, ensuring they’re given a platform from which to reach their full potential and become the boundary-pushing innovators of the future.
At Shell we create a space in which people with disabilities can excel, from an open and transparent recruitment process to workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their various roles.
Equal Opportunities for All
Shell’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) team takes great pride in actively promoting equal opportunities for disabled employees. In recent years, better processes have been established across the business to create an environment that empowers everyone to reach their full potential.
“Shell wants to give potential new hires the opportunity to put their best foot forward, and if we know about their disability beforehand, we can assist them to do so.” – Cherelle Williams
Support in Numbers
To support our employees with disabilities, we have a number of supportive internal networks in place, most notably the enABLE Networks. First launched in 2005 in the UK, there are now six enABLE Networks across the globe, including the UK, the Netherlands, France, the USA, Canada and Brazil.
The enABLE Network provides people with disabilities and people whose lives have been touched by those with disabilities an open forum to engage and share experiences. Through this open discussion, the network raises awareness and understanding of the challenges faced so that line managers and colleagues have the knowledge to be able to thrive in the workplace. It allows employees with disabilities the opportunity to improve the work environment and processes to make it more inclusive for all.
Creating a space for this dialogue is crucial to facilitating the kind of open collaboration that is required for employees with disabilities to thrive.
Enabling successful careers for people with disabilities
At Shell, we recognise people for their talents, understanding that people with disabilities have unique strengths that we can learn to leverage to move the company forward. We understand that innovation requires diverse perspectives and that we need different kinds of thinking to thrive as an organization to reach our goals
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FAQs
Should you share relevant information about your disability and/or long-term health condition when applying to an organisation?
Should you share relevant information about your disability and/or long-term health condition when applying to an organisation?
At Shell, we recommend that you do share relevant information about your disability and/or a long-term health condition to ensure that you are provided with any necessary adjustments/ accommodations. These are provided to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process and, if you are successful, so that Shell can support you to get the most out of your role.
When and how should you share relevant information about your disability and/or long-term health condition with Shell?
When and how should you share relevant information about your disability and/or long-term health condition with Shell?
When to share relevant information is an individual choice. However, at Shell, we recommend that you share this information as soon as you anticipate you will require support or accommodations to be made during the application and/or assessment process.
You can confirm that you may require support at the point of completing your application by answering ‘yes’ to a statement about requiring adjustments/accommodations to the recruitment process. Further to this you can also email us. Region and country specific information can be found below.
Regional Information:
- Applying to Europe– select ‘yes’ as described above. Shell will contact you directly about the information you have shared in your application. You can also email us at careers@shell.com when you require an adjustment/accommodation.
- Applying to Canada - select ‘yes’ as described above, and email us at GX-SHLOIL-jobaccommodation@shell.com when you require an adjustment/accommodation. Shell will contact you directly about the information you have shared.
- Applying to the United States, Brazil, Nigeria and Asia Pacific/Middle East – select ‘yes’ as described above, and email us at careers@shell.com when you require an adjustment/accommodation. Shell will contact you directly about the information you have shared.
What is the benefit of sharing this sensitive information with Shell?
What is the benefit of sharing this sensitive information with Shell?
Sharing this information benefits you as it enables Shell to work with you during the recruitment process to understand what adjustments/accommodations may be needed to allow you to perform to your fullest potential and to get the most out of your role.
If you confirm that you may require support during, or adjustments/accommodations to be made to the recruitment process, you will receive support from a member of the relevant regional recruitment team. They can provide information about assessments, discuss with you what adjustments/accommodations might be appropriate and address any concerns or fears that you may have.
What support would be available to you in the workplace if you joined Shell (specifically related to your disability and/or long-term health condition)?
What support would be available to you in the workplace if you joined Shell (specifically related to your disability and/or long-term health condition)?
Support can come from your Line Manager and/or Human Resources (HR). On your own, or with your Line Manager and/or HR, you can also speak to our Occupational Health organisation and the Shell enABLE Network, both outlined below.
Shell’s Occupational Health organisation can provide confidential support in the workplace. They can listen to individual challenges, discuss possible work place adjustments and share information on the resources available to you. They can also work with you and your Line Manager and/or HR regarding workplace support.
The Shell enABLE Networks provide employees, with and without disabilities and/or long-term health conditions, an open forum for discussion about the subject area. It also enables the sharing of experience and advice whilst helping to raise awareness of various disabilities and health related topics in the wider Shell organisation.
The advice and resources available across the organisation can then be used to understand the adjustments/accommodations you require, enabling you to overcome any challenges and perform in your role.
Why does Shell want people with diverse experiences, backgrounds and abilities to work for them?
Why does Shell want people with diverse experiences, backgrounds and abilities to work for them?
Shell cannot be the best version of itself without embracing the talent that individuals from various experiences, backgrounds and diverse abilities can bring to the table. Encouraging different perspectives, ways of thinking, approaches to tackling problems and developing solutions is paramount in Shell. By harnessing the differences between people, we can develop our understanding of our customer base as well as generate innovative and adaptive thinking, helping to drive the organisation towards the objective of being the most competitive and innovative energy company.
