With the threat of redundancy hanging over my head, I have been searching for a new job for the past few months. The thing is that I have a number of factors stacked against me. The first is my age: it seems that 50 is only the new 40 according to the fashion magazines; it’s over the hill and past it for those of us in sales! Secondly, I’ve never been exactly a high-flyer and have only made it to the lower levels of middle-management. Middle-management jobs have always been particularly difficult to come by as positions are often filled by internal candidates but added to the current economic climate, there seem to be even fewer jobs than ever to apply for.

Having had no response to the numerous job applications that I’d made, I decided that my CV might need a bit of work. One of my friends had recently changed jobs and I asked him for some help. It turns out that he had help from a company that specialises in writing in CVs so I contacted them striaght away. I was a bit taken aback when I discovered how much it would cost but my friend persuaded me that it would be worth it as it would dramatically increase my chances of getting an interview.

Checking my bank account I realised that I didn’t have enough money to pay for the work to be done on my CV. I couldn’t resort to using my credit card as I’d cut it up as soon as I heard that I might be made redundant and I couldn’t entertain the idea of loan because I couldn’t guarantee that I could meet the monthly repayments if I was made redundant. So I decided that a short-term loan would be the best bet and having seen the ads on TV for cash advances on your salary, I did a little bit of research on the internet and found a UK company offering payday loans online that I could apply for online.

It took no time at all to complete the simple online application form and I was nicely surprised when i checked my emails a short while later to find an email from the loan company sitting in my inbox. The email stated that my loan application had been approved and that the funds would be credited to my account in the next 24 hours. Armed with this information, I contacted the CV company immediately and gave them the go ahead to proceed.

I don’t suppose any service could be as quick as the one I’d recevied from the payday loans company, but I was still impressed that just 48 hours later my brand new, all singing and all dancing CV was sitting in my inbox. Although the information it contained was the same as on my original CV, the way it was presented and the language used was so much better than anything I could have composed by myself.

I submitted my CV and covering letter ahead of the application deadline and I’m delighted to say that not only was I invited to attend for an interview, I actually got the job! I feel as though a tremendous weight has been lifted off my shoulders after the months of worry and anxiety.