Our externships and simulations give students experience and skills they need. Students complete our program with a portfolio of professional work to showcase for job applications.
Paragon One has helped ambitious students land jobs, internships, and externships by connecting them with passionate industry expert mentors and providing personal career support. Our mission is to provide students with the tools they need to succeed in careers they love.
Our students have received offers from and are working at companies such as Bridgewater, Tesla, Google, JP Morgan, and more.
We are building professional networks for passionate expert advisors in the industries of the future. We have advisors in 20+ fields, including Finance, Software Engineering, Data Science, Design, Product, Marketing, and more.
We help young students launch their first set of skill-based experiences relevant for the job marketplace of today and tomorrow. We believe that starting students early to build their career readiness is key to success in the 21st century.
Our externships and simulations help you go beyond the classroom to deliver real-world experiences that help prepare your students for their future careers.
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Our Remote Externship programs coach ambitious students to win and succeed at remote externships. We provide the training and support to ensure students are prepared for the externship, and produce quality work while building their skills. We partner with top companies who are looking for real work and hard-working student talent.
In this program students are guided through every step of launching their career, from deciding their field, to nailing their interviews. Our expert advisors give personalized coaching and feedback based on an average of 10 years of industry experience, granting practical advice that has helped 97% of our students land a job or internship in their dream field.
Learn moreOur Work Simulation Programs equip students with experience and skills to differentiate themselves from their peers. Students will gain simulated experience in fields like finance, product strategy, data science, game design, entrepreneurship, fashion, design thinking, and more. Courses are developed by experts in the field who have launched companies or made it big at companies like Coursera, Netflix, China Online Online Education, Facebook, and more.
Learn moreSocial Media Market Intelligence Remote Externship
Facebook is launching a first-of-its kind program to engage students in remote externships in 2021. These remote externships are experiential learning program that will give students the chance to work in different areas of the company. This is a special opportunity for talented students to receive the training and support necessary to thrive and build new skills along the way. Students from diverse backgrounds and experiences are especially encouraged to apply. Over the course of 2021 Facebook's Global Marketing Solutions teams will be working directly with Paragon One to create and facilitate a number of remote externships. For students this means that all of the remote externships will be market research and marketing intelligence focused. Students will apply to this one job posting and through their applications and interviews will be considered for a remote externship with a Facebook team.
Middle Market Investment Banking Remote Externship
Crafted Capital was created with the mindset that doing what is right for the client is top priority, above all else. The firm’s leadership strives to regain the “trusted advisor” position once commonly held by investment bankers. Our partners bring bulge bracket investment banking experience, track record and service. Our deep industry and sector knowledge allows us to craft the ideal solution for middle-market businesses. Crafted Capital primarily serves clients in the logistics, technology, and oil & gas services sectors.
Creative Content Curation & SEO Marketing Remote Externship
Younity is expanding their technology infrastructure platform into forward-thinking residential real estate projects across the country. They are seeking thoughtful students to help amplify Younity’s brand on social media channels by curating relevant content as well as write search engine optimized (SEO) articles to grab the attention of prospective customers. Strong performers can qualifier for letters of recommendation, LinkedIn endorsements, informational interviews, and the chance to be recruited into a paid position.
Corporate VC & Business Analytics Remote Externship
This is an exciting externship where students can experience first-hand what it feels like to be part of a Fortune 100 company. As investors, venture capitalists (VCs) are investing in new ideas, innovations, and most importantly teams, where do they begin? This is called deal sourcing. Externs will profile startup companies, learn what VCs look for, and be a part of investing in the next generation of technology. HP Tech Ventures is seeking ambitious students to help research relevant pre-seed stage startups for deal sourcing and evaluation. This project includes special data analytics projects that allow students to practice using analysis tools to perform business model, strategy, and value chain analysis.
Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy Remote Externship
Even though you may be oceans away, you have an opportunity to change the life of a child and his or her community. Not only is education a basic human right, but it breaks intergenerational chains of poverty, improves health outcomes, spurs economic growth, combats gender inequality, empowers choice, and promotes peace globally. We started Givology with the philosophy that small dollars and small volunteer hours aggregate into a powerful force for change. We are a 100% volunteer-run social enterprise connecting everyday people to grassroots education projects and student scholarships around the world. From teacher training and school lunch programs to library construction and scholarships, we emphasize transparency and maximizing the impact per dollar given.
Investment Banking Market Mapping Landscape & Analysis
Founded in 2011 and rebranded as Nfluence Partners in 2018, Nfluence Partners is a boutique Investment Bank focused on advising companies at the intersection of technology and the broader economy on complex Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Formation transactions. Operating out of San Francisco and New York City, Nfluence Partners thoughtfully maximizes value and realizes optimal outcomes for entrepreneurs, investors, and sponsors located around the world. The team at Nfluence Partners believes in thoughtful transactions for our clientele that are mission-aligned and purpose-driven: to help good people with great businesses thrive. They focus on continuous improvement in communication and transparency, which allows for cultivating greater trust in this stakeholder community.
Educational Opportunity Development Remote Externship
For the past 4 years, Paragon One has specialized helping students launch stellar careers. We know there many ways to do that but through Paragon One programs we believe in create high-impact opportunities for students to win the best externships, and then the best jobs as well. In this unique Remote Externship, students will explore the various avenues of the education and workforce markets and test their own skills in market research, business development, email marketing, and social media marketing. Students joining this program become part a team helping to diminish the existing skills and experience gaps that exist between students and employers. Beyond the specific skills that students will learn in the Remote Externship, students will learn the importance of relationship and rapport building with their peers, student leaders, and education leaders across the country. The time and effort students invest in this program has direct implications for opportunity youth and underrepresented students.
Corporate Product Development & Analytics Consulting Remote Externship
VC Analyst Remote Externship
This is an exciting externship where students can experience first-hand what it feels like to be an entry-level analyst at a venture capital firm. As investors, venture capitalists (VCs) are investing in new ideas, innovations, and most importantly teams. Where do they begin? This is called deal sourcing. And externs will profile startup companies, learn what VCs look for, and be a part of the investing in the next generation of technology. RallyCry Ventures is seeking ambitious students to help research relevant pre-seed stage startups for deal sourcing and evaluation.
Independent Music Artist & Music Label Business Development Remote Externship
Experience the ground floor of a new AI-driven startup service connecting filmmakers and musicians. Videos need great soundtracks. Music artists need promotion. Thematic makes it happen! With this internship, you will dive into the business of music head first. In this externship, your work will be to explore the entire eco-system of the music world: artists, publishers, managers, and content creators. You will research leads and potential growth opportunities as well as have a meaningful impact on an early stage startup.
"I’d recommend this externship to others because it’s super valuable and a great way to get experience within the finance industry. It's normally pretty hard to get experience in finance because it’s so competitive, especially for for underclassmen like me."
"It's very simple. I found it very helpful and not overwhelming. I like the way it's structured and I like the weekly check-ins. It's not like you're given a report to complete and then 'see you in 8 weeks later and we can discuss."
"I would recommend this externship to international students like me. I think this remote externship is very attractive in itself. I believe the flexible schedules and performance-based work provide great opportunities for students to test their own potential."