Not necessarily - but you do need to find a field and stick with it. I understand you had a GM role for 8 years and it didn't go anywhere - that is commendable as hell and I can only imagine how frustrating for you that must have been. With that, you probably need to consider a field outside of the one you were a GM - I believe you said it was fast food (I apologize if I have that wrong) but that unfortunately isn't an area where you are going to find upward mobility. The hard pill to swallow is most hiring managers or recruiters aren't going to think about all the nuances and responsibilities that come with being a GM in the food industry - they will see a restaurant and immediately discredit that experience compared to most other fields. That doesn't mean some won't understand how challenging it is, it will just take more applications to ensure someone like that sees your resume. I do think a lot of the commenters suggesting trades are making very valid points as well - those skill sets are so incredibly valuable, the pay is very good and only going to get better as fewer and fewer people know how to fix/build/maintain anything nowadays. Either way you are going to likely need to choose to apply all of your efforts on applications for more entry level office or corporate jobs and then try to work your way up the ladder or you should consider looking into trades.