Shell Step
Need an injection of fresh new skills and innovative thinking into your business?
Then take on one of the UK’s brightest undergraduates for an eight-week summer placement in your company.
Shell Step gives you the opportunity to have a key project completed, even if you don’t have the time or resources to do it yourself.
Shell Step – Bringing together the UK’s brightest students and businesses Shell Step is a nationwide project-based work placement programme.
We place second and penultimate year undergraduates into small and medium-sized enterprises and community organisations.
Shell Step gives companies like yours the chance to:
- Identify any issues you are facing and turn them into a definable and structured project.
- Have a Shell Step student tackle a project and give you a dedicated resource with a fresh perspective.
- Initiate a project to look into new services, research and develop new products, launch e-commerce websites, build bespoke software or streamline your processes and deliver benefits throughout your organisation.
- Have someone with a fresh approach and boundless enthusiasm join your team over the summer.
In fact over the past 20 years, Shell Step has helped undergraduates to deliver more than 22,000 projects within a variety of small businesses throughout the UK. To join the dynamic and progressive companies involved in this long-standing UK project-based work placement programme, register and apply for Shell Step today.
- You’ll have new skills, knowledge and enthusiasm brought to your business.
- You’ll gain from a fresh perspective on your current practices and development plans.
- You’ll have the chance to promote your business to potential employees and test them out in your working environment.
- You’ll be able to build closer relationships with local universities to explore further benefits.
- And there will be opportunities for positive PR and awards if your undergraduate achieves outstanding results.
“The Shell Step programme gave us the chance to get a high-calibre mind working on a project that we did not have the time or the expertise to undertake in-house.”
Paul Trotter–Managing Director
Bob Trotter Cycles, York.
“Amanda’s work was the fundamental breakthrough that we needed – it’s safe to say that she helped save the company.”
Dr. Harley Farmer–Managing Director
TecMark Ltd., Cambridge.
Want to find out more?
- Register at www.shellstep.org.uk
- Download Business fact sheet
- Call our management team on 0844 248 8242
- Email enquiries@shellstep.org.uk
- Or contact your local Shell Step Agent
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