It is always important to put your best foot forward whatever job you have. It doesn’t matter if you are just working for a living or want to move up in your current industry, you should always do your best. If you can make a lasting impression as a helpful employee with something to contribute you might be able to work that to your advantage later on.
Bill McGoldrick has made that transition from executive assistant to VP in just over 10 years. According to the Hollywood Reporter McGoldrick started out as an executive assistant at USA Network in 1998. He advanced as far as he could at USA and then moved to Spike TV where he worked his way up to Senior VP of programming. He is soon returning to USA where he will be senior VP of scripted programming. His former boss at USA always wanted him back on his team.
“Bill is a great friend and a phenomenal creative executive,” said Jeff Wachtel, president, USA original programming, to whom he’ll report. “Bringing him back home to USA is something we’ve been trying to do ever since he left. It’s a move that we feel will make one of the best network development teams in the business even better.”
Showing you have what it takes as an executive assistant can sometimes lead to being an executive. If you are a productive employee that adds value to the team, the job that you hate could turn into the career you’ve always wanted.
- Posted by Heather
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