Workforce Recruitment Expert, Author, Founder of Humetrics

Texas, USA
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Mel Kleiman Biography

Mel Kleiman is an authority on workforce recruitment, specializing in strategies for hiring, onboarding, and retaining hourly employees. He captivates convention and corporate training audiences worldwide with specific ways to attract, select, and retain the employees who comprise 70% of the U.S. workforce. His clients include high-profile corporate entities such as ExxonMobil, Time Warner, Coca-Cola, and Harley-Davidson, as well as franchise organizations like Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen, Jiffy Lube, and Applebee's. Kleiman has also worked with various professional and trade associations including the National Restaurant Association, the Indiana Grocery and Convenience Store Association, and the National Apartment Association.

After successfully owning and operating three businesses, including the largest group of Hertz Rent-A-Car franchise locations in the U.S., Kleiman founded Humetrics in 1976. He realized a significant gap in resources available for those hiring hourly workers, despite the abundance of materials for recruiting professional staff. This insight led him to develop tools and systems tailored to improve hiring processes and reduce turnover among hourly employees. Kleiman's extensive research and hands-on experience with hundreds of clients have kept him at the forefront of best practices for hourly employee recruiting, selection, and retention.

In 1999, Kleiman was awarded the Certified Speaking Professional designation by the National Speakers Association, a recognition earned by fewer than ten percent of professional speakers worldwide. He has maintained a membership with the Society for Human Resource Management since 1999. As an author, Kleiman has published five books, including the bestselling "Hire Tough, Manage Easy" and "The 5 Firsts: A Simple System to On-Board, Engage, and Retain Top Talent," which focus on improving employee engagement and retention. His practical and high-energy presentations deliver actionable insights, making him a sought-after speaker on topics such as effective employee recruiting, hiring, retention strategies, and creating magnetic cultures in workplaces.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/01/2025.

Mel Kleiman Speaking Topics

  • Hire Tough, Manage Easy©

    f your organization is going to succeed in today’s hyper-competitive, economically uncertain, turbulent times, there is one critical task your hiring managers, franchisees, and/or association members must get right – how they recruit, select, and retain great employees.

    In this fast-paced, engaging session, participants learn all the best practice, take home information, ideas, tools, tips and new techniques that will make their jobs easier and take the guess work out of hiring and motivating great people.

    Key learning outcomes include:

    • The 5 key questions you need to ask before you hire anyone

    • How to attract the right applicants

    • The #1 most over looked source of great, proven employees

    • How to tell the winners from the whiners

    • The most important question to ask every applicant

    • The #1 way to reduce turnover by 20%

    • What every employee wants out of a job no matter what generation they are

    • The #1 employee motivator and it doesn’t cost a dime

    • Lots of other neat, easy to implement ideas

  • Tips, Tools & Techniques to Attract, Select, & Retain Top Talent

    30+ Top Tips, Tools & Techniques to Attract, Select & Retain Top Talent©

    Designed in even more detail to address the specific challenges your organization faces when it comes to recruiting, selecting, and/or retaining top talent, the content of this presentation is based entirely on the meeting participants’ responses to a custom designed pre-meeting survey.

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Mel Kleiman Videos

Hiring STARS with Mel Kleiman, Reduce Turnover of your Hourly Workforce

Hiring STARS with Mel Kleiman, Reduce Turnover of your Hourly Workforce

Do you have a list of the top ten reasons STAR employees want to work for you? Just one of the questions Mel Kleiman addresses in this extract from a...

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  • What topics does Mel Kleiman speak about?

    Mel Kleiman is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business Leadership, Hospitality, Human Resources, Retail
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Mel Kleiman is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Hire Tough, Manage Easy©, Tips, Tools & Techniques to Attract, Select, & Retain Top Talent, The Five Firsts: A Simple System to Retain the Best Employees, Attract the Best, Repel the Rest: How to Create a Magnetic Culture, Beyond Behavioral Interviewing and Hire Tough, Manage Easy. The estimated speaking fee range to book Mel Kleiman for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Mel Kleiman generally travels from TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mike Wittenstein, Jeff Tobe, Tom Shay, Reuben Canada and Sam Brin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Mel Kleiman for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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