On a slightly unrelated note: I use LaTeX and the currvita package for my resume. It's easy and looks good. Plus the LaTeX source plays nice with git, and thus helps me keep track of how I customized my resume for different employers.
The extra-selling point for me is, that the use of LaTeX itself may people in the know to recognize me as the serious mathematician that I am. (Though that's no substitute for commercial experience.)
Agreed wholeheartedly on LaTeX. It also is a great entry point for a warm-up conversation at an interview if you format it professionally. I've been asked a number of times "how'd you do this?" and I'm not doing anything fancier than a two-column layout.
I think we hackers tend to underestimate the influence presentation has on perception. A LaTeX-formatted résumé adds a nice touch of professional style and a little boost of geek cred to academic résumé readers.
The extra-selling point for me is, that the use of LaTeX itself may people in the know to recognize me as the serious mathematician that I am. (Though that's no substitute for commercial experience.)