Two-column

Two-column resume template

A two-column resume puts your experience in a wide main column and moves the short, scannable details (education, skills, certifications, languages) into a sidebar. You fit more on one page, and a reader sees your toolkit at a glance.

ResumeFinch has five sidebar designs, from Atlas's light sidebar to Anchor's solid colour panel, plus Ledger, which keeps your dates in a margin column. Each PDF is built so the text reads in the right order, main column first.

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Jordan Ellis

Operations Manager

jordan.ellis@email.com | (555) 214-8890 | Columbus, OH | linkedin.com/in/jordanellis

Education

B.S. in Business Administration, Operations Management

Ohio State University

2013 – 2017 · Columbus, OH

Skills

Team leadership

Inventory control

Lean / 5S

WMS (Manhattan)

Excel & Power BI

Scheduling

OSHA compliance

Certifications

•Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), 2022

•OSHA 30-Hour General Industry

Summary

Operations manager with 7 years of experience running multi-site logistics teams. Cut fulfillment costs 18% by redesigning pick routes and scheduling, and trained 40+ associates into leads. Calm under pressure, fluent in data, and focused on on-time delivery.

Experience

Operations ManagerMar 2021 – Present

Northline Distribution · Columbus, OH

•Lead a 62-person team across two warehouses shipping 14,000 orders per week.

•Reduced cost per order 18% by re-sequencing pick routes and shift coverage.

•Raised on-time delivery from 91% to 98.6% within the first year.

Shift SupervisorJun 2017 – Feb 2021

Brightway Retail Logistics · Dayton, OH

•Supervised 25 associates per shift on inbound receiving and returns.

•Built a cross-training program that cut overtime hours by 30%.

Atlas resume templateTwo columns, content-richDesign-forward · 2 columns

When a two-column resume is the right call

You're emailing your resume to a person, handing it out at an event, or applying at a startup or agency.
You have a long list of tools, languages or certifications that would swamp a one-column page.
You want a modern look that still prints cleanly in black and white.

When to pick a one-column template instead

Two-column layouts are labelled design-forward in ResumeFinch. Modern applicant tracking systems read them, but some older systems read straight across the page and mix the columns together. If you're uploading to a large employer's online portal, an ATS-safe template such as Meridian or Keystone is the safer choice, and you can switch with one click without retyping anything.

What happens to the Word file

Columns built from tables or text boxes are the main reason resumes fall apart in Google Docs. So the .docx download of a two-column template keeps its fonts, colours and headings but flows into a single column: experience first, then the sidebar sections. It opens cleanly in Word and Google Docs and reads correctly in any ATS. Use the PDF when you want the two-column look.

Frequently asked questions

Are two-column resumes bad for ATS?

Not necessarily, but they're riskier. Newer systems parse them well; some older ones read columns out of order. Our PDFs put the main column first in the text, which helps, but for big-company portals a one-column template is the safest option.

Can I switch between one and two columns?

Yes. Your content is separate from the design, so you can switch templates as often as you like and keep both versions.

Will the two-column layout open in Google Docs?

The PDF keeps both columns. The Word file flows into one column on purpose, because table-based columns break when edited in Google Docs.