Bauer College graduate students recently had the opportunity to visit Phillips 66 headquarters in Houston to tour the property, learn more about company culture and show employers exactly what Bauer students are made of.
Phillips 66 is a gold-level sponsor of the college’s Rockwell Career Center. With this recent site visit and other efforts made, it has established Bauer as one of the company’s target recruitment schools, RCC Graduate Career Services Associate Director Erin Reed said.
The trip was sponsored thanks to efforts made by Bauer alumnus and Phillips 66 Enterprise Planning Consultant Pace Murphy (MBA ‘23). Murphy started off as an intern at the company when he was a student at Bauer, then after graduation he took on a full-time position. Since then, he has been an advocate for hiring more Bauer students, Reed said.
“I’ve been glad to continue supporting that connection since joining the company full-time,” Murphy said.
The site-visit was not only a learning opportunity for the students, who had the chance to ask questions and learn first-hand what the company culture was like, but also a way to showcase Bauer students and give them valuable exposure to potential employers.
“Our students have been known to have a lot of grit,” Reed said. “They’re also down to earth and are known to be hard workers. They’re willing to learn so they don’t come into the companies with an air that they know everything already.”
