Our People
Brad Karsh
Brad Karsh is the President and Founder of JobBound, a company dedicated to helping professionals and students with the job search. An industry expert on breaking into the job market and an accomplished public speaker and author, Brad Karsh has been a frequent contributor on CNN, CNBC, and The Dr. Phil Show and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New York Times, and USA Today, among others. Click here to check out all our media coverage. Brad is a job advice columnist for both Yahoo! and AdAge, and he has authored Confessions of a Recruiting Director: The Insider's Guide to Landing Your First Job (Prentice Hall, 2006) and How to Say It on Your Resume: A Top Recruiting Director's Guide to Writing the Perfect Resume for Every Job (Prentice Hall, 2009). Brad currently sits on the Board of Directors of Think Chicago.
Prior to starting JobBound, Brad spent 15 years at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. He left in 2002 as the VP/Director of Talent Acquisition, responsible for all the agency's hiring. While at Burnett, Brad evaluated more than 10,000 resumes, interviewed more than 1,000 candidates and hired hundreds of employees. Brad has become a national authority on the job search process.
Brad graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut with a B.A. in History and currently resides in Chicago with his wife Lisa and sons Milo and Gus.
