A Favor to Ask

A Favor to AskA Favor to AskLast week, I took you on a tur of Ladders headquarters in New York City.So each year, after taking you on a little tur of our office, I ask a favor in returnWould you mind sending us a video - a Vine or an Instagram - for our wall displays here at Ladders headquarters?You landsee, we work all day on the internet, which means we dont get to see you, our customers, in person every day. And with the long hours, heartfelt dedication and total commitment to seeing you land your next gig, it makes an enormous difference to us when we can put a face, and a smile, with the name.So Id like to ask you to do me the favor of sending along a short video, or Vine, or Instagram video of yourself to videostheladders.com Each year, about 10,000 subscribers like you send us their hello, and they now grace our walls, hallways and conference rooms. ur favorites have included the Marine in Iraq on a camel, the sportsman with a turkey, the subscriber who crossed the Alps on a bicycle in an eight-stage road race, and the loads and loads of family shots we get - at holidays, on vacations, or just hanging out. Understanding that we are responsible for helping you and your family really hits home with the team here at Ladders.Oh, and please be sure to include a little blurb - your name, hometown, your profession, and how youre using Ladders for your career - when you send your videos along tovideostheladders.com.We post your videos along our walls and in our conference rooms to give our people a daily look at the folks we are helping. You can imagine how powerful it is during meetings when our customer is right there in the room with us.Please note, we just use these videos here at our headquarters and would never use them in any other way without asking your permission.But if youd like to post to your Twitter or Instagram, you can use the hashtag MeetTheLadders and see what everybody else is posting as well.So please send along your short little video. It would mean a lot to me and to the team, and well see you soonIm rooting for youA Favor to AskA small request to help make our jobs more meaningful, and to make us even more motivated.Very sorry to bother you to request a favor, but I was wondering if you wouldnt mind sending us a photo of yourself.You see, we have a hundred very dedicated employees here at Ladders, Inc. who work tirelessly, around the clock, to make this system work and help you find your next great role in life more quickly. Its people like those in the photo below.And the thing about working at an internet company is, we dont get to see our customers every day. And wed like to It means an awful lot to our people to see your faces and read your stories it makes our job that much more meaningful and our sense of urgency, well that much more urgent.Dedicated to your success So if you wouldnt mind sending along a high-resolution photo, that would be great. Please send them to photostheladders.com.We promise well n ever use your photo in our marketing, or publicly in any way, but well just share them with the people working here at Ladders.And your photo can be anything you and the kids (we love the photos with kids), your most recent ski trip, you at your desk really anything.You can tell us the simple facts name, hometown, job youre looking for. Or you can share in more detail your job-hunting story and how we can help.Either way, I would really appreciate the favor, and it means so much to our people here. Youd be a real hero.So please send along your high-resolution photo to photostheladders.com and well look forward to finally seeing youIll be rooting for youA Favor to AskLast week, I took you on a tour of Ladders headquarters in New York City. Despite a first-day-of-Spring snowstorm here in Manhattan, our hearts were warmed by your many kind commentsSo, each year after taking you on a little photographic tour, I ask a favor in returnWould you mind sending us a photo of yourself for our w alls here at Ladders headquarters?You see, we work all day on the internet, which means we dont get to see you, our customers, in person. And what with the long hours, heartfelt dedication and total commitment to seeing you land your next gig, it makes an enormous difference to us when we can put a face with the, ummm, email address.So Id like to ask you to do me a favor and send along a high-resolution photo of yourself tophotostheladders.com.Each year, about 10,000 subscribers like you send in their photos, and they now grace our walls, hallways and conference rooms. Our favorites have included the Marine in Iraq on a camel, the sportsman with a turkey, the subscriber who crossed the Alps on a bicycle in an eight-stage road race, and the loads and loads of pictures we get of families at holidays, on vacations, at Opening Day, or just hanging out. Understanding that we are responsible for helping you and your family really hits home with the team here at Ladders.Oh, and please be sure to include a little blurb your name, hometown, your profession, and how youre using Ladders for your career when you send your pics along tophotostheladders.com.We post your pictures along our walls and in our conference rooms to give our people a daily look at the folks we are helping. You can imagine how powerful it is during meetings when our customer is right there in the room with us.So please send along your high-resolution photo we print them out at 8? x 10? size. It would mean a lot to me and to the team, and well see you soonIll be rooting for you, face-to-face

Lease Accounting Trends in Denver

Lease Accounting Trends in DenverLease Accounting Trends in Denver LEASE ACCOUNTING TRENDS IN DENVERHas your company begun the transition to the new lease accounting standard?DenverU.S.Yes34%44%No66%56%Finance leaders who reported their company has begun the transition also were asked As part of that transition, have you begun the diagnostic work necessary to determine the level of effort which wil be required for you to be ready to adopt the new standard?DenverU.S.Yes, already completed84%48%Yes, started but not completed16%51%No, havent started0%1%Have you completed the following?DenverU.S.Identified kollektiv members and responsibilities for completing the transition to a new standard62%61%Made an inventory of, and prioritized, any systems changes which might be required82%51%Developed a project plan to address all gaps emanating from the diagnostic work58%49%Identified, at a high level, the magnitude and type of the lease inventory (e.g., property, equipment)77%49%Written new acc ounting policies17%47%Written new accounting procedures55%43%Investigated any lease or property management systems which will facilitate adoption81%42%What is the most challenging aspect of the transition to the new standard?DenverU.S.1.Updating technology1.Training staff2.Identifying, inventorying and categorizing companys leases2.Diagnosing the needed changes3.Training staff3.Finding professionals with the requisite expertiseFor your company, which new accounting standard has been mora challenging to adopt?DenverU.S.Revenue recognition83%71%Lease accounting18%29%How much of the processes and learnings from transitioning to the new revenue recognition standard have you been able to apply to adopting the new lease accounting standard?DenverU.S.Most of them33%29%Some of them51%54%Almost none of them16%17%Source Robert Half and Protiviti survey of more than 2,000 finance leaders in the United States, including 100 in DenverTotal may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.

Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly

Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors Assembly Zhang to Receive Fitzroy Medal at the Honors AssemblyXiang Zhang, Ph.D. Xiang Zhang, Ph.D., the Ernest S. Kuh endowed chair professor at the University of California Berkeley, and seven other engineering luminaries will be recognized by the Society this year at the ASME Honors Assembly. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, which is being held in Montreal from Nov. 14 to 20. Dr. Zhang, an ASME Fellow and resident of Alamo, Calif., will receive the nanzig DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal for his pioneering contributions in metamaterials and the creation of the first optical superlens to overcome the fundamental diffraction limit in imaging and for the invention of plasmonic lithography technology to advance nanoscale manufacturing, which is important for microelectronics and data s torage applications. Established in 2011, the Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal recognizes pioneering contributions to the frontiers of engineering leading to a breakthrough in existing technology or leading to new applications or new areas of engineering endeavor. In addition to the position of Ernest S. Kuh endowed chair professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, Zhang is a distinguished researcher, a pioneer in metamaterials and a world leader in nanomanufacturing. Zhang also serves as director of the Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, and director of the Materials Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Zhangs transformative research in optical metamaterials, nano-optics and photonics has had a profound impact on optical science and technology. His groundbreaking vorzeige of optical metamaterials include the first magnetic r esponse of metamaterials at far-infrared frequencies, which opened the door to the worldwide pursuit of optical metamaterials. Using composite metamaterials, Zhang was the first researcher to overcome the fundamental limit of diffraction, solving a 200-year-old problem and bringing about a shift in engineering materials design and applications. Based on this breakthrough, he created the first optical superlens, the first 3-D bulk metamaterials with a negative optical refractive index, and the first optical invisibility cloak. Zhang also pioneered a new nanofabrication technology and coined the term plasmonic lithography. With its ability to reach down to 10 nanometer scale, this technology will provide an effective solution for nanoscale manufacturing, which is critical for electronics manufacturing and the magnetic storage industry. In addition to having his work covered widely in the international media, Zhangs negative refraction breakthrough was selected by Time magazi ne as one of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries and one of the Best 50 Inventions of 2008. The superlens was among Discover magazines Top 100 Science Stories of 2007 and RD Magazines Top 25 Most Innovative Products of 2006. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Chinas Academia Sinica, Zhang is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Optical Society, and the International Society for Optics and Photonics Engineers (SPIE). He has been a member of the ASME Nanotechnology Institute since 2003. Zhang earned a bachelors degree and a masters degree in solid state physics from Nanjing University, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively. He earned a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1992 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley in 1996. The ASME Foundation is the proud supporter of the ASME Honors and Awards program through the manage ment of award endowment funds set up by individuals, corporations or groups. For more information on the 2014 Honors Assembly and each of this years award recipients, visit www.asmeconferences.org/Congress2014/Honors.cfm.