Translations:Language/English/Vocabulary/Helpful-Phrases-for-the-Business-World/30/en

• Example: "Right now, I just want to get my foot in the door, so they can see what I can do. Next year I hope to start moving up in the company."

get/be on the good side of someone

If someone likes you, you are "on the good side" of that person.

get/have one's foot in the door

To "get or have one's foot in the door" means to take a low-level position with a company with the goal of eventually getting a better position with the same company.