Alignment problem in resume

Question

This question uses the suggestions given here. I am formatting my resume for which the following in a basic construct (minimum working example):

\documentclass[letterpaper,9pt]{article}
\newlength{\outerbordwidth}
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\definecolor{mygrey}{gray}{0.85}
\raggedbottom
\raggedright
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{8.5in}
\setlength{\hoffset}{3pt}
\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-0.6in}
\addtolength{\topmargin}{-.7in}
\addtolength{\textheight}{1.0in}
\setlength{\textwidth}{7.488in}
\newcommand{\resitem}[1]{\item #1 \vspace{-3pt} }
\newcommand{\resheading}[1]{{\colorbox{mygrey}{\begin{minipage}{\textwidth}   {\textbf{#1 \vphantom{p^{e}}}}\end{minipage}}} \vspace{2pt}}
\newcommand{\ressubheading}[4]{%
\item \vspace{-.2cm} \textbf{#1} \hfill #2\null\
#3 \hfill #4%
\vspace{-0.2cm}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\textbf{\LARGE Rohit Bahl}
\end{center}
\begin{tabular}{7in}{l@{\extracolsep{3.95in}}l}
My Address Comes Here, Apt #x& \hfill Phone: 215-xxx-xxxx \
City, State & \hfill Email: \href{mailto:rbahl@xxxx.edu}{rbahl@xxxx.edu}  \
\end{tabular}
\
\vspace{0.1cm}
\resheading{Education}
\vspace{-.35cm}
\begin{itemize}
\ressubheading{Name of Grad School}{City}{Major}{2010 -- 2012}
\begin{itemize}
    \resitem{\textbf{Major}: }
    \resitem{\textbf{Research Focus}}:

    \resitem{\textbf{Courses}}:

    \resitem{\textbf{GPA}: x.xx/4.00}
\end{itemize}
\ressubheading{Undergrad College }{City}{Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication}{2005 -- 2009}

\end{itemize}
\end{document}

The issue is, although I have tried to align everything on the right side but its always off the mark. As demonstrated in the figure, the credentials and personal information on the right side (city/phone/email/year etc) are not aligning with the title box (Education): What is the best method to do this automatically ? Thanks for your suggestions !

Note: I am modifying the basic template provided by David Grant here according to my own preferences.

Answer 1

Here's an adaptation of what you currently have that aligned things horizontally as you request:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}% http://ctan.org/pkg/enumitem
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fullpage
\usepackage{color}% http://ctan.org/pkg/color
\usepackage{hyperref}% http://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
\definecolor{mygrey}{gray}{0.85}

\newcommand{\resitem}[1]{\item #1 \vspace{-3pt} }
\newcommand{\resheading}[1]{%
  \noindent\fcolorbox{mygrey}{mygrey}{\makebox[\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule][l]{\textbf{~#1}}}%
}
\newcommand{\ressubheading}[4]{%
  \item \textbf{#1} \hfill #2\null\\
  #3 \hfill #4}

\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\textbf{\LARGE Rohit Bahl}
\end{center}
\noindent\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{}l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r@{}}
  My Address Comes Here, Apt \#x & Phone: 215-xxx-xxxx \\
  City, State & Email: \href{mailto:rbahl@xxxx.edu}{rbahl@xxxx.edu}  \\
\end{tabular*}

\medskip

\resheading{Education}

\begin{itemize}[nosep]
  \ressubheading{Name of Grad School}{City}{Major}{2010 -- 2012}
  \begin{itemize}
    \resitem{\textbf{Major}: }
    \resitem{\textbf{Research Focus}}:          
    \resitem{\textbf{Courses}}:         
    \resitem{\textbf{GPA}: x.xx/4.00}
  \end{itemize}

  \ressubheading{Undergrad College }{City}{Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication}{2005 -- 2009} 
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

I've added enumitem which can be used to modify list-level separation (vertically). I've used the nosep option, which seems to be what you're after - a tight spacing around items and other lists. You would need to peruse the enumitem documentation in order to modify the settings locally/globally. For example, topsep=1ex will give you a top gap of 1ex.

Also, I've used the following tabular* column specification:

\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{}l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r@{}}

This sets the tabular* to have width \textwidth with 2 columns. The first is left aligned without a preceding column separation space @{}, while the second is right aligned without a following column separation space @{}. The middle space is stretchable.

You'll notice that I dropped a bunch of your \vspace adjustments in lieu of things like \bigskip and \medskip. This is just a consistency measure since you can modify these things later (if needed). That is, use \bigskip whenever you have (say) a separation between distinct/vastly different document elements, while \medskip would provide a smaller gap between similarly-styled document elements. Finally, in terms of lengths, it is sometimes better to use font-specific lengths like em and/or ex, rather than fixed-lengths like pt, mm and cm, since you might want to change the font size later (from the current, non-existent 9pt to, say, 11pt). using the former font-specific lengths would then adjust automatically.