Robin Kahan

Associate Director, Engineering Career Services

I provide career advising and programming for all engineering, computer science, and physical science students. I am a Jumbo (from long ago) and have been back at Tufts in the Career Center for 18 years. Prior to Tufts, I spent many years at Analog Devices in progressive Human Resources roles, the final one being World-Wide Manager of College Relations. I like to say that I just changed sides of the desk when I moved to the Tufts Career Center.

I have an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources from the Johnson School at Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University. I am married with two “old” sons, two daughters-in-law and two grandchildren; a 7-year-old granddaughter, and a three-year-old grandson!

Most interesting/unusual job: Right after grad school, I sold hats with my aunt.

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Ready, Set, Go- Understanding the Engineering/CS Recruitment Cycle (hint it starts now)

Ready, Set, Go — Understanding the Engineering/CS Recruitment Cycle (hint it starts now)

Welcome to Fall Semester 2022.  While Employers do recruit all year, there is a cycle to the college recruiting process.  You may as well understand this and …

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Day in the Life of a Cybersecurity Specialist

I’m a cybersecurity specialist. My job is to protect digital data and prevent it from being lost or stolen. Digital data is anything that exists in electronic form and can be processed automatically—passwords, documents, music, videos, and even settings for …

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What Does an SEO Specialist Do All Day?

SEO specialists are essential to just about every business today. As a result, they’re in very high demand. So, if you’re looking to switch careers or just starting out your career search, you’d be missing out if you didn’t give …

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Careers in Geology

Which of the following is not a real job for a geologist:  Engineering Geologist, Marine Geologist, Petroleum Geologist, Geomorphologist, Geophysicist, Hydrologist, Mineralogist Environmental Geologist, Planetary Geologist, Paleontologist, Geophysicist?  These are all real titles!  So many ways to go with an …

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7 Awesome Software Engineering Resumes [+ Tips & Templates]

Scan any job board and you’ll quickly see that there are lots of openings for software engineers. And that’s not going to change any time soon. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the employment rate for software developers …

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Sales Engineer Career Path Guide for 2022

Globally, the digital transformation market is forecasted to expand from $469.8 billion in 2020 to $1,009.8 billion by 2025. Across industries, organizations are overhauling their front-end user interfaces as well as back-end business processes to increase productivity, boost operational efficiency, …

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Permission to Fail: Watch the iRobot Panel

On Wednesday, February 23, as part of E-Week+, iRobot did a panel on Permission to Fail. If you couldn’t attend, check it out — the panel was terrific!

The panel was moderated by a Lisa Freed, who started out as …

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3 Questions with Walker Wind, E’21 Sustainability Consultant, Guidehouse

Welcome to “3 Questions with …”, a recurring feature on the Career Center blog. We’re asking alumni of all graduation years and career interests to share a bit of their experiences and advice. 

Walker Wind, E’21 Guidehouse, Sustainability Consultant
In …

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What Are Technical Skills and How Should You Include Them On Your Resume? (Plus a List of Examples)

Whether or not you can do a job—and whether or not you can land that job—often depends on your technical skills. Technical skills are a subset of hard skills, which are the knowledge or abilities needed to perform specific tasks. …

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Advice from Alumni after Engineering Networking Night

Our 17th Annual Engineering Student-Alumni Networking event was held on Thursday, February 17.  Again, this year, the event was virtual.  We had 86 alumni attend, and the 116 student participants got to practice their networking skills by asking questions and …

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