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Articles by Stephanie Olsen

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Stephanie Olsen is a freelance writer and copy editor. She writes about everything from women’s issues in the workplace and Ethiopian coffee culture to facilities management and expatriate life. Laughs uproariously at her own jokes.

Advancement

Adaptability: Your Most Essential Workplace Skill

Bob Dylan was right: The Times They Are a-Changin’

Culture & Professionalism

Can a Former Employer Badmouth You?

And what you can do if they have

Culture & Professionalism

How to Stop Using Filler Words Like ‘Um’ and ‘Like’

Like, um, filler words can be, ah, annoying, right?

Culture & Professionalism

How to Deal with Judgmental People in the Workplace

If you don’t have anything nice to say...

Salary

How to Decline a Job Offer Due to Salary

Strategy wins

Culture & Professionalism

How to Write a Memo

To-the-point and informative, please. This isn’t the next great American novel

Interviewing

Think Like a Boss: How to Answer Any Interview Question They Throw at You

Preparation is key

Management

How to Give Constructive Criticism to Anyone in the Office

How to motivate, not denigrate

Career Development

How an Existential Crisis Can Affect Your Career

Quick question here: What’s the meaning of life?

Management

How to Be a Good Manager, According to Experienced Managers

Learn from experience, actively listen

Guides to Discrimination

Just Fired: Is It Wrongful Termination?

And what to do if it is

Career Development

Law School: To Go or Not to Go?

What to consider when making the call

Applying

How & When to Use a Functional Resume

When you need to show rather than tell

Career Development

How to Survive & Thrive During Your Quarter-Life Crisis

“If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.” —Gail Sheehy

Career Development

Why All-or-Nothing Thinking Can Get You in Trouble at Work

And when you absolutely have to think in black and white

Career Development

Why Being a Perfectionist Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be

Perfectionism: the enemy of done

Applying

Employment Verification Letter: All The Goods

Tell me *everything*

Career Development

How to Stop Daydreaming at Work...All the Time

Daydream believer?

Applying

Psssst...Do Employers Care About My GPA?

Tell no lies

Career Development

How to Be More Productive, 25 Minutes at a Time

You say tomato, I say pomodoro

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