Who we are

Paragon Group International is an Executive and Key Employee search and recruiting firm established in 2002. Our experience in professional recruiting dates back to 1989. We deliver high-performance talent to our clients today for their success tomorrow. The emphasis of our business is on Client Satisfaction and Career Enhancement. Our intention is always to become your partner in successfully attract the very best available talent to your firm. Our goal is to exceed your expectation in every aspect of the process including bringing you thoroughly pre-screened candidates. We apply industry specialized recruiting to find you even the most hidden talent. We have extensive experience in customizing the approach to deliver proven results.

We deliver candidates which our clients hire in permanent full-time positions across the United States primarily in the Energy industry and the Investment Banking business. Most of our search assignments are mid to high-level management opportunities along with key employee searches. Also, we have experience with C-level searches all across the energy industry.

Our clients range from the small start-up and/or Pre-IPO companies to Fortune 500 firms in the Public and Private industry. We have access to a business network of a large number of established recruiters globally which allows us to identify candidates from beyond our own resources for your recruiting needs if necessary. As a client, this provides you with a main contact in place and enables you to work with only one recruiting firm contact versus having to coordinate the efforts of many with duplicate referrals. This service alone eliminates hundreds of unwanted emails & phone calls and saves you time and money.

Our Code of Practice

Our mission is to help people find each other, both hiring managers and candidates.

A successful match and hire is the fruit of our hard work paying attention to every detail of the process.

We will be fair.

Everyone will be treated equally here.

We will constantly learn.

Every experience we have will make us wiser and better at what we do.

We will change and adapt and dwell only in the present and in the future.

We are nourished by thinking about what can be done.

We will listen; we will invent; we will simplify.

Our clients can make us better if we let them. But we must first understand them.

We will never stop asking why or why not.

Nothing can be sacred here except for our mission.

We will create wealth for ourselves, too, but we will do this by creating value.

Profit is proof that we are fulfilling our mission.

We will tell the truth.

We can only succeed with integrity and the trust of our clients and candidates.

We will be here for every client and candidate who matches our commitment.

We are looking for build trusted long-term relationships. We are seeking partnerships with everyone involved.

We aren’t conquerors—we are pioneers.

We are not here to destroy—we are here to create. We have competitors, not enemies. We are here to offer everyone a better choice.

We will never be finished.

We are creating something that will continue long after we are all gone.