Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 2, 2000
RICHARD JOHNSON is President, Chief Executive Officer and founder of
Hotjobs.com. Mr. Johnson has more than 13 years of experience in the
executive search and recruiting industry. He is widely recognized as
both a leading expert in the recruiting field and a pioneer in the
Internet business world. Mr. Johnson's entrepreneurial successes date
back to 1988 when he co-founded a specialized recruiting firm a firm
that went on to become OTEC Inc., one of New York City's largest
technical search firms. In 1995, Mr. Johnson created New Media Labs, a
Silicon Alley-based research and development firm, to develop technology
for the Internet. New Media Labs' first project was to develop the
enabling technology that allowed 14 million Columbia House mail order
members to shop securely online. At the time, the site was the largest
transactional site in the world. By then, Mr. Johnson realized the
significance of the Internet in the workplace. He oversaw the
development of one of the first interactive job boards, which was used
in-house by OTEC recruiters to manage their accounts on a real-time
basis. By February 1996, the web site was launched as a separate company
and HotJobs.com was established as the world's first truly interactive
job board where companies could post job openings directly onto the
World Wide Web. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor's degree from Bucknell
University and is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management.
He is one of the original members of New York's New Media Association
and a frequent guest speaker at trade shows and technical conferences. Profile
HotJobs.com, just to set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Johnson: HotJobs.com specializes in really being an exchange,
