Between 1983-1989 I held successive positions as:
- Cadet Journalist – Independent Newspapers Limited (Manawatu Evening Standard, Upper Hutt Leader)
- Journalist – NZ Post Office – Post Office News
- Trainee Library Assistant – Department of Scientific and Industrial Research – DSIR Library Centre
- Librarian – New Zealand Parliament – Parliamentary Library
- Librarian – National Library of New Zealand – Alexander Turnbull Library
Between 1990-1999 I held successive positions as:
- Research Manager – Network Communications – Infonet business unit (where my responsibilities included publishing, marketing and sales for seven editions of the popular ‘NZ Government Directory’ between 1990-1993)
- Publications Editor – Buddle Findlay law firm
- Executive Assistant and Publications Officer – Victoria University of Wellington – Centre for Strategic Studies
- Executive Officer to the Academic Board – Wellington Polytechnic
- Executive Officer – Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Overseas Investment Commission
Stephen Olsen 