Mel Kleiman is an international authority, speaker, and consultant on hourly employee recruiting, selection, and retention. He also serves as president of Humetrics, Inc., founded in 1976, and is a managing partner of the Hire Tough Group.

With over 30 years of research and consulting work to his credit, Mel is known for delivering high impact, high energy sessions that deliver hands-on, practical information and advice his audience members can put to immediate use to improve their businesses.

As an author, Mel has published:

  • Hire Tough, Manage Easy - How to Find and Hire the Best Hourly Employees which was recently featured on CNN Headline News.
  • Blueprint for Successful Hiring (a how-to manual on everything from developing job descriptions to making the offer).
  • The Question is… (150 Proven Interview Questions).


He writes a regular column for the Journal of Petroleum Marketing and has contributed hundreds of articles to trade and professional journals nationwide.