Donald Burns has been editing and rewriting resumes long enough to know that one size does not fit all. Sometimes you need to break a few rules to get your best resume. According to Burns, founder of Executive Promotions LLC, when he saw George Brown’s resume, he knew he would have to break the rule that says you should delete experience older than 10 to 15 years. Rather than erase Brown’s experience, Burns went back 35 years to show how his career path from structural engineer to ERP manufacturing would tell an appealing story to hiring managers.

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