Hi Lajos

Firstly - welcome to the forum.

Where to start. With the negatives, but with some suggestions (sorry its a bit rushed and unstructured and if it sounds harsh, its no way intended that way, but Im bombed with work!)

1) Im assuming you are talking about Linkedin? I had a very quick look since you mentioned it (despite no website name mentioned!) - one or two suggestions if I may

• Get rid of your middle name  - made you hard to look up, until I put in your town name as well.   
• AATQB - are you actually allowed to include that in the way you have done,  if you havent actually got the AAT AATQB licence as my understanding is that you cannot?  Having the licence is a key part to using the letters after your name, same when you get your level 4 - you cannot use MAAT, until you are MAAT MIP.   You can however include the qualification itself in your list of qualifications (do you list your quals, I cannot recall now!).   Care as using it incorrectly can lead to strong sanctions from the AAT (fines or expulsion).   Besides not many folk actually know that that is, so maybe trainee Accounts Technician, converted to Accounts Technician when you have your level four, or some such wording might be better.
• Get rid of Home Learning college - not respected, but it shouldnt take away from your achievements so just lose it.
• Janet and John or sorry whatever they are called - their business name looks a bit odd. I know it might be their real name but might be worth losing the name and just referring to it as something along the lines of professional experience provider (will ponder when I have two minutes, if I ever get them, as to how that can be phrased better)
• Dont just state what the company you work for does, including the older job experience, but what you do for them, ie sell yourself, not sell the business. (#)

2) CV  - who are giving you compliments?   Recruitment companies? Ignore them, they talk rubbish, unless they have actually got you an interview or a job!   Instead - ask your current boss what they think (assuming they know you are leaving, which I assume they do as its on Linkedin). Even better - extend that to any business owners you know of, ask for their constructive criticism.   Also get them to check your cover letter.  Although  please note that CVs and cover letters should always be tailored for the job itself.

How to sell yourself on Linkedin and in your CV etc  - dont just say what you have done in a role, but what you have achieved and how that benefitted the company. Use the STARs system. For each of your achievements and skills listed you should have a STAR - this will help you write your CV AND will help you answer questions better in an interview.   You say you 'hardly get any interviews' which indicates you have had some so why were they not successful?

STARs = Situation, Task, Action and Result.  Google it.  Its used in very structured interviews, but if you go prepared for such you can easily adapt it for less structured ones.  

My Linkedin isnt populated well as I dont use it for what it is intended, nor am I job hunting, but I do have my CV ready to go at almost a moments notice.  Every line in it, even my volunteering section has a STAR ready to go and a mini STAR (one line) embedded within the CV.

How does your CV look any different from the 500 or so other ones that are landing on someones desk for each job advert?  THAT is key!!!!!

3) Recruitment agents - waste of space, generally, but not always. OK - they will always fill a place with someone fully or as near fully qualified as they can.  They get paid thousands for filling a slot and if that person is later found to be not suitable and leaves, even anything up to in 6 months time, then they have to give a rebate back to the client, which can be anything up to 100% of the original fee, depending on the timescales, so they will never send someone who they think will leave, unless they are needed JUST to make up the numbers when someone has their name in the frame (yep)!   But what they will do is promise you the earth.  Always use with a healthy dollop of cynicism.

4) Volunteering - dont bother with the volunteering office.  Just apply for local charities, small ones who cannot afford a fully qualified in house person, but who has an Accountant on hand for awkward 'stuff'. Better still , start with the childrens local football or guides/brownies packs and move on from there. Yes the latter will not involve accrual accounting unless a particularly large group, but gets you on the ladder of charity groups and can lead to some of the others.    Also - schools governing bodies are a good one if you have some good life experience as most on such teams have no clue so a good financial person is a godsend, especially at primary school level.

5) Work experience with Accountancy firms.  Even when offering to work for free this is a difficult one. Put yourself in their shoes. Despite not paying you they will be investing a hell of a lot in monetary and time terms to train you for that week or 6 months or whatever. They cannot just leave you to get on with a role, it needs constant supervision and that means a member of existing staff not being as efficient with their own workloads as they would normally be.  So you can see why they would not want to do such.  I certainly wouldnt have the time (#2), but I would welcome someone on a more permanent footing.  Mostly such firms want commitment - at least a two year timeframe where you will work with them so they get some 'payback' from that investment. No Im not suggesting you work for free for 2 years, that would be illegal, but I hope that helps you understand why you are getting the responses you are getting.  Of course any forward looking business rates training as much as any other part of their business as such generally provides for longevity of their business, succession planning and loyalty!

So - along with some of the suggestions within the comments above, get your level four - you will be more employable with that.  No  training and exams are ever wasted.  Definitely apply to smaller companies, but again at this stage, perhaps ones with small Accounts offices rather than a one man/woman Accounts (non) 'team'.  Even with level four you are most likely going to be starting at the very bottom, but as you state the minimum wage of £16k this is probably achievable (albeit some jobs seem to start at £12k for entry roles!), but one thing Ive heard time and time and time again is that you may need to do  a fair few applications. Ive heard people do 200 but still stick it out and still then achieve the entry into such a job market.  Unfortunately the AAT and the like are pumping out too many students for the number of roles so you just have to persevere and make sure your CV etc show you as different to everyone elses.  You will need to be looking at data entry type roles, such as purchase or sales ledger for the larger companies, unless as I say you find one with a small team of say 2-3 people who just get stuck in with everything. 200 sounds scary and can leave you feeling very despondent, but my Dad had exactly the same as a highly skilled engineer,  with his multitude of qualifications, just because he was looking after owning his own business and therefore considered he may be 'unmanageable'.   It only took one to see his skill set was not worth passing him over for. That one is all you need so just keep going.

Other things I can suggest - what is the set up where you work in the Accounts office. Can you do some shadowing or take some of the work and do it in your own time?   Other one - is use ANY and EVERY connection you have. My son managed to find an Accountancy firm that was happy to take him on a two week free trial, on the back of an intro from a valued client. He was offered a job with them before his second week was out! #2 I was prepared to help someone get a couple of weeks experience last year - but she was the daughter of an old friend and respected colleague - ie dont under estimate the power of an introduction (ever!)

It just takes one!! So good luck with it.

Edited re typos/spelling

I am still at wor, after I get home I will write a detailed reply. Sorr, for taking me so long. 

Dear Cheshire,

Thank you very much for taking the time to read my lines. First, I would like to say that there is no need for apologies, reality can be harsh and that is not your fault! Thank you very much for taking a look at my profile. You must be very busy and I truly appreciate that you have spent the time with that. I will do my very best to take on as much as I can from your advices.

1)      Good guess regarding the social site.

·         I have deleted the middle name as you suggested and have removed the AATQB letters. You really scared me with the letters. Credibility is paramount for me, therefor I will get in touch with AAT regarding this. I hold a Bookkeeping membership with them, to my best knowledge this should be enough to show the letters. But I will have this confirmed with the AAT. I think I have read it right. but please have a look for your self: https://www.aat.org.uk/membership/associate-bookkeeping-membership

·         I will work on my online profile and take on the advice you gave.

2)      If you would be so kind and give me an email address I would be very happy to send you my CV. It would be very helpful to hear your opinion on it.

3)      Many recruitment agents where honest with me, I really do value this. I also value their opinion. If they say I need to improve on something I would do my best to do so. I did felt however, that I am only on the interview to fill the space.

4)      Thank you for mentioning the schools! Never would have popped into my mind!

Everything you mentioned in your reply makes so much sense. I feel ashamed that I did not come to these myself. I will take all your advice on board! Also something must have happened to my log in info. I had to re-register with a new email address.

Kind regards,

Lajos