About Us
The Resume Lounge is a grassroots outreach project working to deliver valuable resume education needed to uplift and advance job seekers in the community.
Our Mission
The Resume Lounge is committed to pooling together the resources necessary to help individuals with their resumes during this difficult phase in our nation’s history. We work in collaboration with employers, recruiters, and community organizations to create and implement resume education that improves the chances of securing employment.
Initiatives
Careers & Coffee: A series of laid back networking events held over a cup of coffee and designed to address the concerns of job seekers desiring career advancement.
Resumes to Uplift: This is a community resume review event that pulls from recruiters and HR professionals at companies in the community to give direction on resumes and the hiring cycle.
Resume Academy: We want to get young adults entering college and the job market a great start. This ‘camp’ is designed to help youths between the ages of 16-22 create a competitive resume, prepare for their careers, and introduce them early on to the best practices that will keep them on the track of success.
Leadership
James Augustus Jr – Founder and Facilitator, The Resume Lounge
James Augustus is the founder and executive director of Atlanta-based non-profit organization Resumes to Uplift. He is a former headhunter with the multi-billion dollar company SFN Group (formerly Spherion Corporation) and recruitment advertisement expert with Job News USA. He has consulted Fortune 500 companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, McKesson, and The Home Depot. James also provides employers with new recruiting methods as president of grex worldwide, a technology-based resume intelligence firm.
