Sidebar templates give your contact details, skills, languages and certifications a panel of their own, often tinted with your accent colour, beside the main column of experience. The effect is instantly recognisable and fits a lot on one page, which suits freshers with many skills, technical roles and creative fields.
About applicant tracking systems: Some older applicant tracking systems read two columns out of order, so pick a single-column design for large company portals and use a two-column one when a person reads your resume first.
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Some designs put the sidebar on the left, others on the right; a left sidebar is noticed first, a right one keeps your experience in the reading line. Like every two-column layout, they can be read out of order by some older applicant tracking systems, so use a single-column design for large company portals.
A left sidebar draws the eye first, so it suits skills-led profiles. A right sidebar keeps your experience in the natural reading line and lets the side details support it.
Contact details, skills, tools, languages, certifications and links. Keep it to short items; long text in a narrow column is hard to read.
Looks great, but some older applicant tracking systems read two columns out of order — pick a single-column design for large company portals.
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