Dorothy Beach has been in research for her entire career first as a scientist then as a field consumer researcher and more recently in recruiting in some of the largest companies in the US, including ACS Inc, Korn/Ferry and Procter & Gamble. She is a primary phone researcher as well as a secondary Internet Researcher with past responsibilities for head hunting, competitive intelligence, SharePoint and website development for research archives as well as recruiting metrics and vendor relationships. Dorothy possesses an MBA in Marketing and is also certified in both Internet Recruiting (CIR) and Human Resources (PHR). Her blog, FrontEndRecruiting.ning.com was created to showcase the latest trends (such as social media used for recruiting), tools and techniques used by recruiters for the initial phase of the recruiting cycle – research and name generation. Currently she is doing contract research for top billing recruiters while speaking and consulting on social media topics in North Dallas. Dorothy can be found on LinkedIn and accepts all invitations to her extensive network. Follow her on Twitter @dorothybeach and @DFWTRN (DFW Texas Recruiters Network or dfwtrn.org).