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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Tech Employer, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana - SEP has been named Exceptional Employer by TechPoint at the 26th annual Mira Awards. This award recognizes companies that are developing talent through skills-based hiring…
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SEP Celebrates 25 Years of Culture, Good Practices, and Vision

Hitting the 25-year milestone at SEP is a source of pride. We have built a great company proving that it can and will last. For me, I hit the second 25-year mark this month as well so there is naturally some thought towards the next generation. Becoming an ESOP in 2010 was certainly a big […]
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How to [Fail to] Get a Job at SEP

When we go to college career fairs, professors will often ask us to come give talks to their classes about something useful. After one of these requests, I was contemplating giving a talk on “How to Get a Job at SEP” (due to some of the experiences that day). Given that it is unlikely I’ll […]
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If You’re Sending Me a Resume…

Resume Reality Check: What 26 Applications Taught Me About Standing Out I’m old enough to have a professional life pre-Internet. One of the wonders I didn’t see coming is how quickly good, free, detailed, often illustrated advice on how to do ANYTHING would be available online. Resume writing advice is particularly abundant—67.8 million hits on […]
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The Connected Engineer

One of the hats I wear at SEP is Recruiting Director – I’m responsible for the engineering talent we bring in. I was recently asked how recruiting has changed over time, things we’re looking for now that we didn’t before. The core criteria (must have’s, if you will) haven’t changed for us: Smart, Fit, and […]
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Good Idea, Bad Idea (for interviewing)

As part of the recruiting team here at SEP, I’ve seen quite a few candidates over the past few years. I figured I’d share some of the good and bad ideas people have had in hopes that maybe some of our future candidates will get some benefit out of those who have gone before. As […]
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Skills that I Look for in a Software Engineer

I’ve been with SEP for the past five years, starting right after I graduated from college. A few years ago I joined the recruiting team for SEP, and I’ve been focused mainly on recruiting for our engineering positions.  Recruiting has been busy again recently – career fairs, interviews, interns, etc.  In the spirit of the […]
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Best Place to Work: Reflecting on SEP’s Journey and Core Values

Best Place to Work: Reflecting on SEP’s Journey and Core Values Yesterday, SEP received top honors as the best place to work in Indiana in the small to medium-sized company category. The rest of the state now knows what I’ve always believed in my heart: SEP is a great place to work. It’s been a […]
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Emergent Interview Design

Hiring Our First External Project Manager in 15 Years: Lessons Learned I’m heavily involved in recruiting here at SEP. We recently did something that we haven’t done in at least 15 years: hired an experienced project manager. In our history, we’ve always, always, always grown our own—it’s too critical of a position to put in […]
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