Usually when Everett Herald Business Editor Mike Benbow has an opening he can expect about 30 resumes–mostly from people looking to cover business. But when the Snohomish paper put a post on journalismjobs.com advertising an opening at the business desk, more than 75 applications flooded in. Benbow says it isn’t just the layoffs at the large Washington dailies–most recently Seattle Times and the Spokesman Review–that led to the jump. He’s hearing from reporters across the United States desperate for work. “It’s clear to me that all the cutbacks around the country are certainly a factor,” he says.Even more telling, Benbow notes, is the number of people with no experience or particular penchant for business news. People are looking for “any work as opposed to something they’re interested in,” he says.The business opening isn’t the first time Everett put out a call for applications in what has otherwise been a tough year for regional dailies. (Recent Seattle Times news here.) The paper put another ad on journalismjobs.com last summer advertising spots covering night cops, the city, transportation and environmental issues, and the country government (with that highly photogenic Snohomish County Executive I almost considered faxing over a resume).The paper did axe ten positions earlier this year, but none in editorial and the news desks haven’t stopped hiring, which is more than most dailies in the area can say. “News coverage is everybody’s priority here,” Benbow said. He punted further questions about the overall health of the Herald, owned by the Washington Post, to Executive Editor Neal Pattison. Pattison did not respond to messages left this week.