A: Yes, it's a problem. But a solvable problem.

Resume writing is all about marketing, and part of marketing is the effective management of information. Accomplishments are good information -- indeed, the best information you've got. Just because those achievements took place years ago doesn't mean they need be relegated to the bottom of the resume.

Your goal in resume writing should be to organize your information in a way that pulls the reader in quickly and then holds them captive for the duration. Do that by focusing the best information you've got toward the top half of the first page of your resume. That's the valuable real estate -- the section that gets scanned first, the section that determines whether anything else gets read.

A good writer will get those accomplishments mentioned in the top half, with perhaps a nod to your brightest accomplishment mentioned briefly in an Opening Statement (also known as a Personal Branding Statement), with other key achievements lined up in a Qualifications Summary or Profile section. Then comes the Experience section; fill in the details of those accomplishments wherever they fall within the chronology of your work history. The point is, make a reference to your best and brightest accomplishments within the first few lines of the resume. Details can always follow.

All of this presumes you're following a reverse-chronology resume format. You (or your resume writer) may see fit to steer your resume in another direction entirely, perhaps a functional format or a combination of the two. Having your most relevant career accomplishments associated with long-past jobs poses a challenge, yes. But for a good resume writer, challenges are all in a day's work.