Valerie, a C.I.A. operative played with brisk energy by Naomi Watts, is a paragon of professional commitment and sober initiative.
Jane Smiley is a justly esteemed professional whose narratives are paragons of well-applied craft.
Julie A. Eichorn, president of Paragon, a consulting firm for professional organizations in Austin, Tex., questioned whether clients are really looking for "one-stop shopping," and said firms needed to do a better job of identifying their expertise and "deciding which piece of the market they want".
Perhaps most insistently her cartoons examine the sense of inadequacy modern women feel as they guiltily serve their kids store-bought Christmas cookies instead of baking their own, or compare themselves to the paragon, say, who was a "brain surgeon, professional model, artist, lawyer, plus mother of four".
A mentor is someone who counsels and teaches, not necessarily by being a paragon of perfection as a person or professional, but simply by being someone with wisdom worth listening to.
Paragon One's technology pairs students and professionals based on information like alma maters, college majors, hobbies and interests, and personality traits.
A coaching plan is developed after they take a career assessment and Paragon One's recommendation engine matches them with professionals on the site's marketplace, which currently has about 160 mentors (Wilkerson says there are 300 more waiting to join).
Paragon One thinks the answer is skill and interview prep coaching from professionals who already got themselves jobs at top companies like Apple and Google.
The one offering 6% has been unveiled by Paragon, which describes itself as Britain's leading specialist provider of buy-to-let mortgages to professional landlords and property investors.
Research by the lender Paragon found that 92% of investors had bought to supplement their income, while just 8% were professional landlords.
