Columns CV Template (Free, ATS-Friendly)

Columns gives experience the wide left column and puts skills, languages and tools on the right. It is made for skills-heavy roles, such as developers, data people and IT specialists, where the tech stack matters as much as the job history.

The main column is first in the reading order, so applicant tracking systems see your experience before your skill list, which is how most of them expect a CV to flow. Recruiters still get the skills summary at a glance.

List skills in the same words the job advert uses, group them if there are many, and keep each experience bullet focused on what you built or improved. For a darker side column try Slate; for a lighter, calmer one try Nordic.