From the stackexchange thread: """Probably not before you are hired but you can impress with your good looking reports, presentations etc. after you're hired."""

I don't think so. The stock standard LaTeX templates are not that good looking compared to the kind of reports presentations etc a competent guy versatile in graphic design (not necessarily a graphic designer) can achieve -- perhaps even using some ready made presentation/report template bundled with his office suite or third-party.

Slightly better typography is the main advantage, but people would fell asleep reading a LaTeX template report or presentation. Lack of color, imagery, drab looking charts and diagrams etc --unless you really dive full in and peruse all of LaTeX. And it's not like anyone sweats over typography details when reading a bloody report.