Past students have started with templates and then abandoned them during the semester. Resumes require a lot of indenting. Always use the ruler to move text or set up a table. Never under any circumstances use the space bar to move text over . You will always regret this method for spacing elements as you will almost always end up having to go back and delete the spaces.
Tabs are okay, but dangerous.
If end up doing any revision or working on your resume in different computer labs, your tabs are likely to wander on the page leaving ugly blank spaces in the middle of your text. An alternative to using tabs or indenting with the ruler is to use a table to create columns and rows. Tables have the advantage of translating nicely into html pages. If you use a table, use one row for each topic. Bullets are more effective than dashes or asterisks in lists.