Big 5 Mesquite store now hiring for staff positions

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

A new Big 5 Sporting Goods location is coming to Mesquite next month. And the company is now hiring for part-time and full-time positions to staff the new store.

A special hiring event will be held next week on Sept. 12-13 at the Mesquite Works office located at 312 W. Mesquite Blvd. Suites 115 and 117, in the Mesquite Plaza shopping center. The hiring event will go from 9 am until noon and then from 1-4 pm on both days.

Big 5 is a full-line national sporting goods retailer with 431 stores in eleven states across the country. The company has been in business since 1955.

The Mesquite location will be located at 1085 W. Pioneer Blvd in Mesquite, in the former Dollar Tree location directly across from Walmart.

The store is expected to have a soft opening for the public on Oct. 13. Employees would be reporting on site to work on Sept. 26 to begin setting everything up for the opening. A grand opening event is also in the works with the date to be announced later.

In an interview with The Progress, Big 5 District Supervisor Joe Stevenson said that the company has been eyeing a possible entrance into the Mesquite community for quite a while now.

“We looked into Mesquite probably 8-10 years ago,” Stevenson said. “Then the recession happened and the growth kind of stopped us for a time. But we are always looking for markets that are a certain size and demographic. We think that Mesquite will be a perfect location for a successful store.”

Big 5 is also located in other small town markets in Nevada including stores in Pahrump, Fallon and Mendon.

The stores offer name brand shoes and apparel, something difficult to find in Mesquite.
But the company really specializes in equipment for major team sports.

“Our focus is really on supplying the team sports,” Stevenson said. “So we are very big into soccer, baseball, football and more. In Mesquite, you don’t really have that same type of shopping opportunity yet. So we are excited to be bringing it.”

In addition, Big 5 offers a full line of equipment for the outdoors. This includes long guns, ammunition, camping gear, fishing supplies and more.

“Pretty much anything you would need to have fun outdoors, we sell,” Stevenson said.
As an employer, Big 5 offers its staff several incentives that make the company a great place to work. These include flexible scheduling, product training, merchandise discounts and a positive work environment.

The company is looking to hire up to 30 people to run the new Mesquite store. These include both full and part time positions. Part time position applicants should be at least 18 years of age. Applicants for full time positions must be 21 years old and be high school graduates.

It is recommended that applicants fill out a job application in advance of next week’s event at big5.com/careers. Then come in to the event for a live interview.