Why Your Current Recruiting Agency Isn’t Finding You Machinists

(A lighthearted look at the conversations we have every week)

At hireCNC, we talk with machine shop owners and HR managers every single day. And there’s one conversation we’ve had so many times, we could almost script it:

Us: Do you work with a recruiting agency for your CNC machining roles?
Them: Yes.

Us: Are you happy with them? Do they produce machinists you actually hire?
Them: No.

Us: Do they understand CNC machining — setups, programming, tooling?
Them: No.

Us: Do they own and operate the #1 Machinist Facebook group?
Them: No.

Us: Do they run a weekly machinist newsletter?
Them: No.

Us: Do they partner with machining influencers to get your jobs in front of thousands of qualified candidates?
Them: No.

Us: Do they run an SEO-optimized job board built just for CNC machinists?
Them: No.

Us: Then why do you work with them?
Them: I guess because they’ve helped us hire accountants before.

Here’s the problem: machinists aren’t accountants. Or IT personnel. Or general office staff.
Machinists are a highly skilled, tight-knit trade community — and if your recruiting agency isn’t embedded in that community, you’re wasting time and money.

That’s where hireCNC comes in:

✅ We only recruit CNC machinists, programmers, and manufacturing talent.
✅ We run the largest machinist community online (including the Machinist Facebook group + the Morning Machinist newsletter).
✅ We partner with influencers in the machining space to promote jobs.
✅ We operate the industry’s #1 job board dedicated solely to CNC machining roles.

If you’re serious about filling your open machinist roles, don’t settle for “a recruiter who once helped you hire an accountant.”
Work with the recruiting partner who lives and breathes machining every single day.

👉 hireCNC | Recruiting for Machinists. Only.