Sidebar CV Template (Free, ATS-Friendly)

Sidebar puts your contact details, skills and languages in a narrow column so the main column can focus on experience. At a glance a recruiter sees what you can do; reading on, they see where you have done it.

It suits designers, marketers and early-career candidates whose skills matter as much as their job titles. The sidebar is built from real text, not images, and its content is placed in the reading order so applicant tracking systems still pick up every skill and phone number.

Keep the sidebar short: eight to twelve skills, your languages and links to a portfolio. If you would rather have the side column on the right, try Columns or Nordic; for a darker look, Slate.