As President and CEO of Apex Veteran Staffing, Inc., Brian Herbert has helped provide multiple employment opportunities primarily to the nation’s military veterans. Brian’s career started out as An Army Recruiter in Jacksonville, Fl. Upon attending Army Recruiting School and becoming a recruiter, he states that he has learned a lot about sales techniques and motivational speaking from the likes of Lee Dubois, Zig Ziggler, Les Brown, Brian Tracy, Dale Carnegie and a couple others during that time. “They influenced my thought process, while at the same time molding me to be the salesperson that I am today, which you really need in order to be successful in the staffing industry,” he says.
Challenges afford us the opportunity to learn and grow. It is a necessary evil that we all face on the road to our success. Brian has come across many different roadblocks on his journey. One of his many roadblocks is the fact that sometimes it seems as though there’s not enough time in the day to accomplish some things that you set out to accomplish because when you are first starting out, you’re always on other people’s time.
Brian’s responsibility at Apex is to oversee the continued growth and success of the organization. That is done by not only viewing and determining some of the contracts that they are capable of handling as an organization, but also meeting with other CEOs, attending symposiums, Chamber of Commerce meetings, overseeing the company budget, and finding creative ways to motivate their employees. The one word I’ll use to define myself would be DETERMINED. “I don’t ever think that I can ever achieve all that I’ve dreamed of. Because as I become more successful in what I do, the dream keeps getting bigger and bigger. This also helps keep my mind moving as I continue to find ways to motivate, teach, and train individuals that are in my presence,” he states.
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Apex started off with a budget of $250. Yes. $250. $150 of those dollars went to the Secretary of State to obtain Brian’s Corporation Certificate. During his research on the internet, he has come across Socio-economic certifications which at the time took approximately 90 days to receive. “I was overjoyed when I learned that these certifications are free to obtain,” he exclaims.
