It’s true that the unspoken rule for listing your work experience on the resume should be in reverse chronological order (i.e. most recent job first). However, for many job seekers this presents a challenge as their most relevant experience or skills are not necessarily their most recent.
If you fall  in this boat, there are a couple things you can do:
Create two categories on your resume for work experience. The first category can be titled something like “Related Experience,” where you can list your most applicable work experience, even if it’s not recent. Beneath your related experience you can include an additional category titled “Additional Experience.” This is where you can list unrelated work experience so that an employer can get a good understanding of your work history (you don’t need to go into as much detail describing this unrelated experience. If space is limited on your resume, you can even just list the employer name, your title, and dates of employment).
If you don’t have any relevant work history to include and you don’t want to use a chronological resume template, you can use a combination resume format / template, which highlights transferable skills (i.e. skills used in all industries like communication and project management) vs. work experience.