(Really sorry if this post sounds like a job search, I have a good job and am not looking for one). 10 months ago someone posted a story on programming.reddit on how to write your CV using LaTeX; I put a link to mine and released the source. I got praise for it, so I'd like to share it here as well.
As much as I like LaTeX, It's not something I would typeset my resumé in. Then again, I was a graphic designer in another life and I think that resumés that stand out, stand a chance.
I can tell you that when I'm looking through a pile of resumés, the ones that are actually interesting/eye catching are probably the ones of the people who I want working with me.
Before I went self-employed, I was involved in hiring for the company I worked for. 99% of CVs were MS Word documents. Also, most of them were pretty bad, especially the ones coming in through agencies. (no clear structure, terrible formatting, butchered English)
Personally, I've always maintained mine in (very plain) HTML and LaTeX versions.
This is the “neat LATEX Résumé” on http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem...
Direct link to the PDF (French résumé): http://n.favrefelix.free.fr/cv.pdf