The new 72,000-square-foot Cabela’s store in Fort Oglethorpe employs around 200 full- and part-time workers. And all of them are locals except for a handful of top managers.
These people know the territory — they’ve hunted these woods and fished these streams, said General Manager Ellis Yarrell.
Within a week of posting available jobs, Cabela’s received 1,600 applications. There was so much interest that the online application site got bogged down and broke, Yarrell said.
Roughly a year ago, the outdoor outfitter announced its north Georgia store, which sits next to Costco off Interstate 75 just across the Tennessee line. Now, the grand opening ceremony is less than a month away.