As you continue learning the craft of resume writing, you’ll find more ways to optimize better the content you write. In part, you can accomplish this by getting answers to the 5Ws, which are the “who, what, when, where, and why” of specific topics.

We can see this action by taking this introductory sentence and applying the 5W approach:

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE STARTER SENTENCE: Manage the purchasing department for a major pharmaceutical company.

We then take this sentence and expand it to answer the 5Ws.

WHO: Manage a team of 5 within the purchasing department for a major pharmaceutical company.

WHAT: Manage a purchasing team of 5 who procures and oversees JIT ordering/delivery for a major pharmaceutical company.

WHEN: Manage a purchasing team of 5 who procures and oversees JIT ordering/delivery ($12M spend annually) for a major pharmaceutical company.

WHERE: Manage a purchasing team of 5 who procures and oversees JIT ordering/delivery ($12M spend annually) for a major pharmaceutical company with 7 east coast operations.

WHY: Manage a purchasing team of 5 who procures and oversees JIT ordering/delivery ($12M spend annually) that supports the production of the Xysanthis drug for a major pharmaceutical company with 7 east coast operations.