Shamisa joined our Ralphs team in her senior year of high school as a part-time customer first clerk, and 25 years later, she's still proudly wearing a Ralphs name badge! Today, she's a district human resources leader, but throughout her career, she's taken roles all over the store to expand her expertise, including bakery clerk, sales leader, Front-end leader and assistant store leader.
“Ralphs has supported me in every aspect of my life,” she says. “They’ve been there every step of the way through career moves, getting married, getting my college degree with the help of the company’s continuing education program, and so much more.”
Hear more from Shamisa in the video below!
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My parents came here on vacation during the end of the 1970s, and it was actually quite during the Iranian Revolution. So when they came here on vacation, they were unable to go back. But fortunate for us, we were able to start a new life here. That was a senior in high school, and I got this job thinking it was going to be just that, a job, and I was going to make a little extra money and it turned into a career. The moment that I knew that this could be a career is when I saw all the possibilities, when I saw women above me with these great. Position successful and I thought I could do that too. I always give the example of myself. I came as a courtesy clerk thinking this was going to be my part time job and here I am 25 years later and it's built me a great home, a great life. I love to travel, I love to do fun things with my friends and family and really this job, this career has afforded that lifestyle for me. The best part of my job is the connections they make with people, finding talent, developing others. Jokingly, people have called me a self because immediately when I walk in, I want to introduce myself. You want to know immediately, hi, how are you? What are your interests? What are your career aspirations? And I love that portion of my job because I know someone did that for me and that's why I'm here today. So my job, my duty is to make sure I do that for others now.
Store Leader at Smith's Food & Drug Centers
2wGreat job Shamisa