To write a resumé in LaTeX you need a special class file called res.cls.
To use these files you will need the resume class file res.cls available from the CTAN TeX archive. You can do one of two things with this file: If you want to correctly install it for future use, place it in your TeX search path (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/misc on my machine) then run ``texhash'' as root to rebuild the hash table. If you only plan to use it for this one project, you could alternatively just place the file in the same directory as the Makefile and tex file.
Once you have done this, simply edit the file cv-us.tex
and then type ``make'' at the command prompt. DVI, PS, and PDF files will be created automatically.