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- Small business answer book :101 solutions to survive and thrive / by Price, Courtney.; J.K. Lasser Institute.(CARDINAL)781450;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Small business;
- McGraw-Hill's national electrical code 2020 handbook / by Hartwell, Frederic P.,author.(CARDINAL)652241;
- "Updated to fully align with the 2020 NEC, this trusted on-the-job reference contains plain-language explanations, advice, and analysis for every provision. You will get discussions of the rationale behind specific rules that enhances your understanding of both meaning and application. This handbook features thousands of detailed diagrams and photos as well as in-depth discussions regarding controversial wording and actual errors, together with possible approaches to discussions with inspectors regarding how to cope with these issues. This book is not published by NFPA, and is therefore free to confront such topics head on."--Back cover."Written by a senior member of the NEC Code Committee, McGraw Hill's National Electrical Code (NEC) 2020 Handbook, 30th Edition is logically arranged and serves as a companion to the Code itself--the explanation for any topic lines up exactly with the applicable section in the Code. The book does not reproduce the Code, and therefore every column inch is devoted to explaining its provisions. You will get straightforward clarification of obtuse rules and vague language, enabling you to work efficiently and safely--and to achieve full compliance."--Back cover."Covers all significant changes to the 2020 NEC, including: reconditioned equipment, massived expansion of GFCI requirements, new receptacle coverage rules for kitchen islands and peninsulas, total revision of non-dwelling lighting load calculations, elimination of common enclosrues for service disconnects, exterior emergency disconnects, rules for stair towers, new EGC fill calculations for boxes, temperature limits for LFMC and LFNC, latest develpments for PV systems."--Back cover.Preface -- Introduction to the National Electrical Code® -- Brief History of the National Electrical Code® -- About the 2020 National Electrical Code® -- 90. Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- 100. Definitions -- 110. Requirements for Electrical Installations -- Chapter 2 -- 200. Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors -- 210. Branch Circuits -- 215. Feeders -- 220. Branch-Circuit, Feeder, and Service Load Calculations -- 225. Outside Branch Circuits and Feeders -- 230. Services -- 240. Overcurrent Protection -- 250. Grounding and Bonding --Chapter 3 -- 300. General Requirements for Wiring Methods and Materials -- 310. Conductors for General Wiring -- 311. Mediumm-Voltage Conductors and Cable -- 312. Cabinets, Cutout Boxes, and Meter Socket Enclosures -- 314. Outlet, Device, Pull, and Junction Boxes; Conduit Bodies; Fittings; and Handhole Enclosures -- 320. Armored Cable: Type AC -- 322. Flat Cable Assemblies: Type FC -- 324. Flat Conductor Cable: Type FCC -- 326. Integrated Gas Spacer Cable: Type IGS -- 328. Medium-Voltage Cable: Type MV -- 330. Metal-Clad Cable: Type MC -- 332. Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Cable: Type MI -- 334. Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cable: Types NM, NMC, and NMS -- 336. Power and Control Tray Cable: Type TC -- 338. Service-Entrance Cable: Types SE and USE -- 340. Underground Feeder and Branch-Circuit Cable: Type UF -- 342. Intermediate Metal Conduit: Type IMC -- 344. Rigid Metal Conduit: Type RMC -- 348. Flexible Metal Conduit: Type FMC -- 350. Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit: Type LFMC -- 352. Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit: Type PVC -- 353. High-Density Polyethylene Conduit: Type HDPE Conduit -- 354. Nonmetallic Underground Conduit With Conductors: Type NUCC -- 355. Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit: Type RTRC -- 356. Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit: Type LFNC -- 358. Electrical Metallic Tubing: Type EMT -- 360. Flexible Metallic Tubing: Type FMT -- 362. Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing: Type ENT -- 366. Auxiliary Gutters -- 368. Busways -- 370. Cablebus -- 372. Cellular Concrete Floor Raceways -- 374. Cellular Metal Floor Raceways -- 376. Metal Wireways -- 378. Nonmetallic Wireways -- 380. Multioutlet Assembly -- 382. Nonmetallic Extensions.384. Strut-Type Channel Raceway -- 386. Surface Metal Raceways -- 388. Surface Nonmetallic Raceways -- 390. Underfloor Raceways -- 392. Cable Trays -- 393. Low-Voltage Suspended Ceiling Power Distribution Systems -- 394. Concealed Knob-and-Tube Wiring -- 396. Messenger-Supported Wiring -- 398. Open Wiring on Insulators -- 399. Outdoor Overhead Conductors over 1000 Volts -- Chapter 4 -- 400. Flexible Cords and Flexible Cables -- 402. Fixture Wires -- 404. Switches -- 406. Receptacles, Cord Connectors, and Attachment Plugs (Caps) -- 408. Switchboards, Switchgear, and Panelboards -- 409. Industrial Control Panels -- 410. Luminaires, Lampholders, and Lamps -- 411. Low-Voltage Lighting -- 422. Appliances -- 424. Fixed Electric Space-Heating Equipment -- 425. Fixed Resistance and Electrode Industrial Process Heating Equipment -- 426. Fixed Outdoor Electric Deicing and Snow-Melting Equipment -- 427. Fixed Electric Heating Equipment for Pipelines and Vessels -- 430. Motors, Motor Circuits, and Controllers -- 440. Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Equipment -- 445. Generators -- 450. Transformers and Transformer Vaults (Including Secondary Ties) -- 455. Phase Converters -- 460. Capacitors -- 470. Resistors and Reactors -- 480. Storage Batteries -- 490. Equipment over 1000 Volts, Nominal -- Chapter 5 -- 500. Hazardous (Classified) Locations, Classes I, II, and III, Divisions 1 and 2 -- 501. Class I Locations -- 502. Class II Locations -- 503. Class III Locations -- 504. Intrinsically Safe Systems -- 505. Zone 0, 1, and 2 Locations -- 506. Zone 20, 21, and 22 Locations for Combustible Dusts or Ignitible Fibers/Flyings -- 510. Hazardous (Classified) Locations--Specific -- 511. Commercial Garages, Repair and Storage -- 513. Aircraft Hangars -- 514. Motor Fuel Dispensing Facilities -- 515. Bulk Storage Plants -- 516. Spray Application, Dipping, Coating, and Printing Processes Using Flammable or Combustible Materials -- 517. Health Care Facilities -- 518. Assembly Occupancies -- 520. Theaters, Audience Areas of Motion Picture and Television Studios, Performance Areas, and Similar Locations -- 522. Control Systems for Permanent Amusement Attractions -- 525. Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, and Similar Events -- 530. Motion Picture and Television Studios and Similar Locations -- 540. Motion Picture Projection Rooms -- 545. Manufactured Buildings and Relocatable Structures -- 547. Agricultural Buildings -- 550. Mobile Homes, Manufactured Homes, and Mobile Home Parks -- 551. Recreational Vehicles and Recreational Vehicle Parks -- 552. Park Trailers.555. Marinas, Boatyards, Floating Buildings, and Commercial and Noncommercial Docking Facilities -- 590. Temporary Installations -- Chapter 6 -- 600. Electric Signs and Outline Lighting -- 604. Manufactured Wiring Systems -- 605. Office Furnishings -- 610. Cranes and Hoists -- 620. Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks, Platform Lifts, and Stairway Chair Lifts -- 625. Electrical Vehicle Charging Systems -- 626. Electrified Truck Parking Spaces -- 630. Electric Welders -- 640. Audio Signal Processing, Amplification, and Reproduction Equipment -- 645. Information Technology Equipment -- 646. Modular Data Centers -- 647. Sensitive Electronic Equipment -- 650. Pipe Organs -- 660. X-Ray Equipment -- 665. Induction and Dielectric Heating Equipment -- 668. Electrolytic Cells -- 669. Electroplating -- 670. Industrial Machinery -- 675. Electrically Driven or Controlled Irrigation Machines -- 680. Swimming Pools, Fountains, and Similar Installations -- 682. Natural and Artificially Made Bodies of Water -- 685. Integrated Electrical Systems -- 690. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems -- 691. Large-Scale Photovoltaic (PV) Electric Power Production Facility -- 692. Fuel Cell Systems -- 694. Wind Electric Systems -- 695. Fire Pumps -- Chapter 7 -- 700. Emergency Systems -- 701. Legally Required Standby Systems -- 702. Optional Standby Systems -- 705. Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources -- 706. Energy Storage Systems -- 708. Critical Operations Power Systems (COPS) -- 710. Stand-Alone Systems -- 712. Direct Current Microgrids -- 720. Circuits and Equipment Operating at Less Than 50 Volts -- 725. Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 Remote-Control, Signaling, and Power-Limited Circuits -- 727. Instrumentation Tray Cable: Type ITC -- 728. Fire-Resistive Cable Systems -- 750. Energy Management Systems -- 760. Fire Alarm Systems -- 770. Optical Fiber Cables and Raceways -- Chapter 8 -- 800. General Requirements for Communications Systems -- 805. Communications Circuits -- 810. Radio and Television Equipment -- 820. Community Antenna Television and Radio Distribution Systems -- 830. Network-Powered Broadband Communications Systems -- 840. Premises-Powered Broadband Communications Systems -- Chapter 9 -- Tables -- Informative Annex A. Product Safety Standards -- Informative Annex B. Application Information for Ampacity Calculation -- Informative Annex C. Conduit and Tubing Fill Tables for Conductors and Fixture Wires of the Same Size -- Informative Annex D. Examples -- Informative Annex E. Types of Construction -- Informative Annex F. Availability and Reliability for Operations Power Systems; and Development and Implementation of Functional Performance Tests (FPTS) for Critical Operations Power Systems -- Informative Annex G. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) -- Informative Annex H. Administration and Enforcement -- Informative Annex I. Recommended Tightening Torque Tables from UL Standard 486A-486B -- Informative Annex J. ADA Standards for Accessible Design -- Index.
- Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Graphs.; Electric wiring; Electric wiring; Electric apparatus and appliances; Buildings; Buildings; Electric apparatus and appliances; Electric wiring.;
- Résumé magic : trade secrets of a professional résumé writer / by Whitcomb, Susan Britton,1957-(CARDINAL)654339;
- 1. A résumé primer -- Tools for the task -- The résumé tool : asset or liability? -- Employers and candidates usually view résumés as having different purposes -- A résumé is most effective when it follows face-to-face or voice contact with a hiring manager -- A support person or computer program will probably be the one to screen your résumé -- Résumés are not read thoroughly -- You won't always need a résumé to land a job -- Then why write a résumé? -- And why this book? -- Some success stories -- Your most important tool -- Top 10 tips to create résumé magic --10. Cover letters and other parts of the puzzle -- Strategy and style -- The value mantra -- Sell, don't tell -- Reveal a secret -- The segments of a cover letter -- The carrot -- The corroboration -- The close -- The anatomy of the cover letter -- Sticky wickets -- To whom it may concern? -- Missed a filing deadline? -- Terminated from a job? -- Relocating? -- Dealing with salary -- Other types of letters -- Direct-mail campaigns -- Writing to a recruiting firm -- Thank-you letters, a chance to resell yourself -- Other pieces of the puzzle -- References -- When to send references -- When and how to ask for references -- Rethinking the 'reference page" with some creative persuasion -- Networking cards -- Addenda -- Paper -- Sending your cover letter and résumé -- By surface mail -- By fax -- By e-mail -- Futurist career management -- Top 10 cover letter tips -- Appendix A. Worksheets to catalog professional history -- Appendix B. Survey : what employers really want in a résumé and cover letter -- Résumés -- Cover letters -- Appendix C. Action verbs with sample phrases.2. How to use branding and advertising strategies to get an interview -- Using brand and ad agency strategies to win an interview -- Elements of your career brand -- Authentic image -- Advantages -- Awareness -- The proven ad agency formula -- Step 1 : how to grab your reader's attention -- Headlines and hard-hitting leads -- Visual appeal -- Step 2 : how to capture your reader's interest -- Selling points, front and center -- Where's the center of the page? -- Place supporting information below the visual center -- Skimmable material goes at the bottom of the page -- Step 3 : how to create desire for your product, you! -- Why you buy -- Why employers buy -- Prove your superiority -- Step 4 : call to action -- Top 10 résumé strategy tips --3. How to choose the most flattering format -- Two tried-and-true winning formats : chronological and functional -- The chronological format -- The functional format -- Genetic variants of the two main résumé types -- The accomplishments format -- The combination format -- The creative format -- The curriculum vitae (CV) -- The dateless chronological format -- The international résumé -- The linear format -- The newsletter format -- The reordered chronological format -- The targeted format -- If it works, it's right -- Top 10 résumé formatting tips --4. The blueprint for a blockbuster résumé -- Data bits, or contact info -- To list or not to list your business telephone number -- Other solutions for daytime contacts -- Sample résumé headers -- Dealing with relocation on your résumé -- Objective, or focus statement -- Key features, or qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- Skills -- Education, credentials, and licenses -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, or patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- What not to include -- Putting it all together -- Top 10 résumé blueprint tips --5. How to write great copy -- Keywords -- What are keywords? -- Where to find keywords -- Off-line resources for keywords -- Online resources for keywords -- How to position keywords -- How to improve your "hit" ratio -- Top 10 résumé keyword tips -- The objective or focus statement -- Cover letter focus statement -- Title statement -- Traditional objective -- Exercise for assembling a focus statement -- The qualifications summary -- Professional experience -- How far back? -- Where to find material for your job descriptions -- How long is too long? -- Solutions for downplaying less-relevant positions -- Skills -- Education, credentials, licensure -- Recent high school graduate -- Recent college graduate -- Degree obtained a number of years ago -- Degree in a field different from your major -- Degree not completed -- Two-year degree -- Degree equivalent -- No degree -- Including credentials, licenses, and certificates -- Affiliations -- Publications, presentations, and patents -- Publications -- Presentations -- Patents -- Awards and honors -- Bio bites -- Endorsements -- Top 10 tips for writing great copy --6. Accomplishments : the linchpin of a great résumé -- What's in it for me? -- Words to woo employers -- Buying motivator #1 : make money -- Buying motivator #2 : save money -- Buying motivator #3 : save time -- Buying motivator #4 : make work easier -- Buying motivator #5 : solve a specific problem -- Buying motivator #6 : be more competitive -- Buying motivator #7 : build relationships/image with internal/external customers, vendors, and the public -- Buying motivator #8 : expand business -- Buying motivator #9 : attract new customers -- Buying motivator #10 : retain existing customers -- Strategies for presenting accomplishments -- Numbers : the universal language -- Comparison, a powerful form of communication -- ROI, how quickly can you deliver? -- The company's mission statement, make it your mission -- The CAR technique, challenge, action, and result -- Where to find material for your accomplishments -- Performance appraisals -- Your career management file -- Impact-mining : probing questions to unearth hidden treasures -- Sifting through the accomplishments you've gathered -- Use impact statements to portray yourself as the right fit -- Top 10 tips for writing accomplishments --7. Editing : résumé-speak 101 -- Development editing : a primer in power writing -- Top 10 tenets of developing your résumé -- Examples of résumé-speak -- The keys to writing compelling copy -- Address the needs of your audience -- Summarize by using the ABC method -- Focus on transferable skills -- Résumé-speak 101 -- Deliver the goods up front -- Start sentences with action verbs or noun phrases -- Sidestep potential negatives -- Give outdated experience a feeling of real time -- Avoid an employer pet peeve : baseless personality attributes -- Convey confidential information without giving away proprietary/trade secrets -- Technical editing/copyediting : the mechanics of résumé-speak -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- Active voice -- Articles (in absentia) -- Auxiliary or helping verbs -- Capitalization -- Colons and semicolons -- Commas -- Commas that separate -- Commas that set off -- Comma trauma -- Contractions -- Dashes -- Ellipsis marks -- Elliptical sentences -- Gender equity -- Hyphenation -- Numbers -- Parallel sentence structure -- Parentheses -- Parts of speech -- Passive voice -- Periods -- Possessives -- Prepositions -- Quotation marks -- Sentence fragments -- Slashes -- Split infinitives -- Tense -- Verbs -- Writing in the first person -- Prune, prune, prune -- Proof, proof, proof -- Top 10 résumé proofreading tips --8. Visual artistry : the missing link -- Design elements -- Create a visual pattern -- Consistency counts -- Use tab stops sparingly -- Apply white space liberally -- Make bullets work for you -- Think in threes -- Keep headings to a minimum -- Segment paragraphs -- Balance is beautiful -- Pay attention to vertical balance -- Balancing a two-column format -- Balancing a full-width layout -- Balancing unevenly distributed copy -- Balancing impact statements -- Justification, ragged right or full justification? -- Hang it on the wall! -- Use typefaces tastefully -- Choosing a font -- Fonts that buy more space -- Use discretion in mixing fonts -- Go easy on bold, underline, and italic -- Establish a logical sizing hierarchy -- Tweaking tips -- Technical tools to create tables -- Add white space -- Adding space between paragraphs in MS Word -- Adding space between paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Change line height -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in MS Word -- Adjusting vertical space between lines within paragraphs in Corel WordPerfect -- Expand character spacing -- Expanding text in MS Word -- Expanding text in Corel WordPerfect -- Tricks to make text fit -- Shrinking text in MS Word -- Shrinking text in Corel WordPerfect -- Use bullets strategically -- Creating bullets in MS Word -- Creating bullets in Corel WordPerfect -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in MS Word -- Adding or subtracting spacing between bullets and text in Corel WordPerfect -- Changing the type of bullet in MS Word -- Changing the type of bullet in Corel WordPerfect -- Size of bullets -- Use rule lines -- Inserting a rule line in MS Word -- Inserting a rule line in Corel WordPerfect -- Other graphic elements -- Top 10 visual appeal tips --9. E-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- ASCII text résumés -- The advantages and disadvantages of ASCII résumés -- ASCII résumé do's and don'ts -- Steps for ASCII conversion -- Converting to ASCII for e-mailing using MS Word or Corel WordPerfect -- Converting to ASCII for pasting into e-forms -- Quick cleanup of an ASCII conversion -- How to post an ASCII résumé to a Web site -- Web résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs -- The advantages and disadvantages of Web résumés -- The technical how-tos of Web résumés -- Online résumé-builder services -- Do-it-yourself Web résumés -- Hire a pro -- Web résumé do's and don'ts -- What to include in an e-portfolio -- Hyperlinks or hyperjinx? -- Using your Web résumé -- Marketing your Web résumé -- Getting on the blog bandwagon -- What to include in a blog -- Creating a blog -- Using RSS (really simple syndication) technology -- Marketing your blog -- Scannable résumés -- Scannable résumé do's and don'ts -- Applicant-tracking systems : what happens after you e-mail or post your résumé? -- Positive aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Negative aspects of applicant-tracking technology -- Conflicting advice -- Résumés of the future -- Top 10 technology tips for e-résumés, e-portfolios, and blogs --
- Subjects: Résumés (Employment); Community Foundation of Western North Carolina;
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