Redesigning my resume to match my portfolio, and I can decide something... Should I build it in two columns or accept the hard reality?

2 versions. one for machines, one for hiring manager

But how would I know if it's a machine that is reading? (Corrected the spelling)

anything through an application portal will be read by a machine first. anytime you have actual contact with a human (recruiter, hiring manager, panel) you give them the nice looking one. for example, when a recruiter emails you for a 30 minute screening call, attach nice resume.

Interesting. But isn't this resume I sent to an application portal read by the recruiter too instead of the pretty one?

really depends. this is unknown but larger companies who get thousands of applications will be using sorting tech versus smaller company but then maybe smaller company (or design studio) outsources to a professional hiring agench, etc.