Your Cengage instructor has partnered with Extern to give you hands-on professional experience through your curriculum
Complete real projects and get live feedback from company brands you recognize as part of your Cengage coursework. Whether it’s for your capstone or career exploration—start building resume-ready experience now.
Build your resume while you're still in class: Complete real projects with brand-name companies like Amazon, TikTok, and Pfizer. Add deliverables to your resume, LinkedIn, and portfolio—starting now, not after graduation.
Get direct feedback from industry professionals: Work with senior employees who mentor you through each project. Get real insight into their careers, feedback on your work, and build relationships that matter.
Explore careers with confidence: Most students only get 1-2 internships to figure out what they want to do. Extern gives you more opportunities to test different industries and roles—so you can graduate knowing what you actually want to pursue.
Why this matters
No matter what background, GPA, or current experience, Extern is here to give anyone the opportunity to get professional experience in their fields of interest.
How these projects are designed
These projects are virtual and fully remote to be able to bring people from anywhere into the same experience. You can do it on your own schedule wherever you are.
Projects range from a variety of industries like healthcare, gaming, retail, tech and more. There are projects that give exposure to a diverse set of career paths as well: marketing, finance, AI, analytics, design, consulting, just to name a few.
A typical externship lasts 8-12 weeks long at about 5-10 hours each week. Just like how much time you put into a class, some students put in more time some students put in less time. But you get what you put in!
I'm using a Cengage course. How do I get access?
If your Instructor has enabled Extern, you'll see a direct link to explore available externships that align with your Cengage course.
What’s Waiting For You
Put the experience on your resume with big brand names you can point to and experience you can speak to in an interview.
Meet industry professionals and collaborate with peers from all around the world.
Learn through application the most in-demand tools and skills employers are looking for.
Showcase your project deliverables so you can show your peers and recruiters the experience you now have.
Extern will verify your experience if you meet the requirements of completion and act as a reference for recruiters.
Gain confidence as you learn about what actual projects look like in the real world and be more sure of the career you want to pursue.
Extern by the Numbers
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Students Served — and growing fast
of externs get hired within 12 months
universities where students are externs
