Must you be a financial genius with an IQ of 140 to even get a foot in the door?
Small firms have long struggled to get a foot in the door of big companies which have lengthy bureaucratic processes and specific vendor requirements.
To me, it sounds all too attractive for newspapers to deploy free or cheap journalists, and it's certainly an attractive opportunity for young student journalists to get a foot in the door.
To be sure, many churches haven't been immune to the effects of the recent recession, and even for those that are financially stable, entrepreneurs trying to get a foot in the door may find it difficult if they lack religious affiliations.
Soon after, Nderim Nedzipi's well-hit shot forced a hurried save from Jaaskelainen and Bolton were fortunate that neither of the two Rabotnicki players closing in could get a foot to the loose ball to turn in the rebound.
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Sometimes it can help to take a position that will get your foot in the door at a company (or in the government) with growth opportunities.
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West Brom were on the cusp of a leveller when Brunt looked set to slot in a low Marc-Antoine Fortune cross at the far post only for Rafael Da Silva to get in a crucial foot and divert the ball wide.
And I think Jeffrey is a big enough character, whatever feelings he may have and some of them may be justified about the sentence being too tough and so on, I think what he'll really want to do is get onto the front foot, get out, start a new life in a new spirit.
On the job-seeker side, I think people would also prefer to get their foot in the door via a colleague rather than via a friend.
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Startup is taken seriously: Probably one of the more important reasons of associating with a respectable incubator, startup teams are taken more seriously and get a lot better chance at getting the foot in the door.
Nearly none of his "music-inspired" efforts get spared some hollering in a show of smug bravado, or foot-stomping, or the clapping of hands or the slapping of thighs, all about as artful and subtle as a jokester's "get it" elbow jab to the ribs.
Of course, not even Saint Nick can deliver all of the presents this year, so we've paid a visit to UPS's massive 5.2 million square foot Worldport shipping facility in Louisville, Kentucky to get a behind the scenes look at its late night operations.
Xabi Alonso hit the crossbar for Liverpool with a curling 30-yarder as Newcastle struggled to get a foot-hold on the game -- and their situation was made even worse in the 77th-minute when controversial midfielder Joey Barton was shown a straight red card for a two-footed lunge on Alonso in front of the famous Kop end.
You can even get your foot in the door by pitching an interesting idea or proposing to take on a small side project.
The niche markets for crystal fibres are still attractive for a small firm, giving it a foot in the door before large manufacturers such as Lucent and Corning really get going.
Florent Malouda chipped a ball into the run of Anelka and the French striker angled in a left-foot shot which keeper Martin Dubravaka failed to get a hand to despite it being within saveable range.
But to me it also speaks to South Africa's notorious wealth gap, and to a culture where lavishly paid senior officials - be they politicians, police bureaucrats or defence attorneys - appear to live in a very different world from the underfunded, underequipped foot soldiers struggling to get a grip on this country's enduring crime problem.
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