Resume Advice

[blueerica]

To continue from the Complaint Department thread...

My resume would easily be short except for my gap in education, and work-gap in the industry I'm "applying" for. To my benefit in comparison to fellow students, I have worked in and around the industry before (marketing project management). To my detriment, though my reasons are solid for the "break," I am older, which puts me in a position of having worked jobs completely off my career path (though with elements that are easily applicable to project management).

What should be included? What should be excluded?

Should I only list the jobs that were specific to my career objective, or should I include one or two of the others (for a chronological resume, the style my professor is requiring).

Additionally, I did not complete my Associates Degree in Junior College, but directly (over the course of a giant gap in education time) applied to Cal State Long Beach to continue my education. How should that be applied to my resume?

Any advice, opinions?