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Fraternity names Rasmussen
By Peggy Polacck
Teaching ability, flexibility and
visibility create the formula of success for
Eleanor Rasmussen, Phi Chi Theta's
Business Woman of the Year.
The national women's business
fraternity chose Rasmussen as the recipient
of the 1983 award, which is in its eighth
year of existence. The award is given to
a woman in business based on her character
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Award categories are individual, youth,
private business, government, civic, private
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and contributions to the business field.
Rasmussen explained her success
formula at the fraternity's banquet
Saturday, when she was presented with the
award.
Once a job is begun, employees must
strive to continue their learning process,
she said. Workers must be willing to change
as the business does and it always helps
to remain visible in the office.
Women tend to get lost in the shuffle
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Roger Welsch, associate professor of
English and anthropology at UNL, will
entertain at the luncheon.
Reservations for the luncheon should
be made by March 28. Contact Joe Range,
101 Plant Industry Building.
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Rasmussen, who is an assistant
secretary-actuarial consultant for
Guarantee Mutual Life Co. of Omaha, said
she was very excited and proud to be
recognized for t lie awaid. She said she
also appreciated the fact that the piesident
ot her company, tumicvi-nnj,
nominated her for the honor.
Twenty-five years of experience with
the company allow Rasmussen to do her
job that involves the design and
administration of pension plans and
advanced underwriting illustrations.
Donna Sisson. historian and reporter
for Phi Chi Thcta, said about 100 letters
were sent out to the surrounding
community asking for nominations. Conley
sent in Rasmussen's nomination, which
included a profile of her that was featured
in the January edition of Midlands Business
Journal.
In addition to Rasmussen's work at
Guarantee Life, she is the vice president of
Omaha's Chartered Life underwriter's
chapter and will soon become its first
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By Mike Schmoldt
The 1980-82 economic recession dealt
a more severe blow to Nebraska
employment than the 1974-75 recession,
partly because farm employment w as not
strong enough to cushion the shock,
according to a report released this month.
The article by Vicki Brickner, a
graduate researcher for UNL's Bureau of
Business Research, compares the impacts
of the two recessions statewide and in the
Lincoln and Omaha metropolitan areas.
It was published in the March issue of
the bureau's monthly report, Ilusincss in
Nebraska.
Employment in Nebraska grew almost
10 percent in 1974-75, but only 3.1
percent from 1980-82, the report said.
When gains in farm employment are
discounted, the employment picture
darkens.
Non-farm employment in
manufacturing, transportation,
communications, utilities and wholesale
and retail trade fell statewide during the
recent recession, according to the report.
In 1974-75, employment fell only in the
manufacturing sector.
Manufacturing accounted for 7,100
jobs lost during the 1974-75 recession,
a decrease of 7.8 percent. In 1980-82,'
1 6,500 jobs were lost in manufacturing, a
drop of 1 6.6 percent. Most of the jobs
lost were in the manufacture of durable
goods.
Employment grew statewide only in
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woman president. She is president of the
Omaha Women's Chamber of Commerce
and a former member of the YWCA
Board of Directors. She also has been
involved with Junior Achievement and
Giil and Boy Scouts.
"Take time to find a company ou
really like and feel comfortable with,"
Rasmussen advised in her speech at the
banquet. "Make sure the company believes
in the things ou do and has the same
basic philosophy."
It is not insurmountable if a new vvoiker
chooses the wrong company to work for
because change is always possible, she said.
But in the current economic times, it is
best to be sure of any career choices.
Choosing a huband who will support
and meet the needs of a woman in the
business work force is also a plus, she
said.
"It is an exciting time to be joining
the work force," she said, "especially for
women, since there are so many
oppoitunities opening up. We don't even
have names for all the new jobs now
available."
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the governmental and services sectors.
Lincoln's government sector, which
represents one of every four non-farm
jobs in the city, grew during the 1980
82 recession, but not enough to offset
. losses in manufacturing.
The strength of Lincoln's retail trade
also helped, but not enough to prevent
non-farm employment from falling 1.3
percent. In 1974-75, non-farm
employment grew 3.5 percent.
Lincoln was more fortunate than
Omaha and the state as a whole, the
report said. Compared to Lincoln's 1.3
percent decrease. Nebraska non-farm
employment fell 2 percent and Omaha's
fell 2.5 percent. Government and trade
buffered the Capital City, the report said.
Lincoln's unemployment rate was
only 4.9 percent in October 1982, while
the state had 5.6 percent rate and Omaha
had 7.1 percent rate.
At the end of the 1974-75 recession,
unemployment was 3.4 percent in Lincoln,
3.8 percent in Nebraska and 5.6 percent
in Omaha.
Brickner, who has been at UNL for
two years on a research assistantship,
said she chose to write the article on
employment because it concerns an
increasing number of people, especially
students. She based the report on statistics
from the state Department of Labor.
Although the figures are clear, Brickner
said they are not easily explained. Why
Nebraska is losing jobs in manufacturing
sectors that are growing in the rest of the
nation remains a mystery.
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