I was a restaurant manager for 6 years until a few weeks ago. I told my boss that I was looking for another job as a courtesy to her, so she fired me.
Restaurant managers, as I’m sure most people on this sub understand , do much more than someone hiring in an office setting would consider. I ran an actual business for 60 hours a week, hired, fired, onboarded, trained, made schedules, ordered supplies, dealt with the general public and vendors, marketed, ran payroll, created reports, etc. in addition to cooking, serving, bartending, hosting, and bussing for no overtime, under market standard salary, and minimal benefits.
My mom is an office manager/head paralegal at a law firm and is willing to give me a reference for dates/position I want and pay me under the table so I can still get full unemployment benefits if I do reception work for her until I find a permanent job or she finds a permanent receptionist.
I was thinking I could say I was a part-time/temp office manager the whole time I managed my last restaurant at night. Does anyone have a better idea?