Prism

Prism's distinguishing feature is where the header goes. Most two-column templates put the header in the sidebar, producing a vertical name stack. Prism puts it in the main column, so your name and professional summary sit at the top of the primary reading path, at full text width.

That matters most for career changers. If your job history does not obviously lead to the role you are applying for, the reader needs your framing before they reach the evidence — otherwise they interpret a list of unrelated positions without the context that makes it coherent. A summary in the main column at full width gets read. A summary tucked into a narrow sidebar often does not.

Photo support makes Prism one of only three templates suited to markets where a photo is conventional, alongside Flux and Mosaic. In much of continental Europe a photo is expected. In the US, UK, and Ireland it is discouraged, and some employers discard photo resumes outright to limit discrimination exposure. This is a destination decision, not a style one — and it is reversible, so you can keep the layout and disable the photo for those applications.

The geometric styling is clean and professional rather than expressive, closer to Nova than to Orbit. Combined with the coloured sidebar it gives you a document that is clearly designed but not attention-seeking, which is the right register for most mid-to-senior professional applications.

The sidebar is well suited to a dense skills, tools, or language section. If your sidebar content is thin, the layout will look unbalanced — in that case a single-column template will serve you better than a two-column one with an empty rail.