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For Job Hunters

Getting a job at a physical trading company is not as easy as in many other industries. Even the biggest employers in the space don't advertise jobs, and there often isn't a large graduate intake or formal program to apply for.


Job-seekers have to get creative. Learn (from Getting Physical's blog posts). Network. Send in speculative applications.

Getting Physical has compiled the below list of companies you might want to consider applying to if you're looking for a job.


Large Diversified Traders

The below are the major players across multiple commodities. They all have a slightly different mix of desks, but they all have some footprint across the main sectors.


The ABCD

A: Archer Daniels Midland

B: Bunge

C: Cargill

D: Louis Dreyfus


Glencore

Trafigura

Vitol

Engelhart Commodity Trading Partners

Cofco Agri

Olam

Koch Supply and Trading

Wilmar International


Energy

Gunvor

Mercuria

Socar Trading


Oil Majors with Significant Trading Operations

BP

Shell

Chevron

Total


Metals

MRI

Traxxys

IXM

Cliveden Trading

Bluequest Resources

Wogen

Transamine

Arrow Metals and Trading

Rio Tinto

Anglo American


Softs

ED & F Man

Sucden

Cocoanect



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