Honest-1 Auto Care of Roswell just landed an Experienced Diagnostic Tech off a Jan 16 campaign! The kind of tech with multiple offers on the table. Winning that hire in the Atlanta metro takes a tight process and a shop story that hits: steady workflow, solid culture, and room to grow. Nice work, @Dennis Eidson and team! Quality win in a competitive market.

Power Monkey Motors / Grease Monkey just added an Auto Tech. A quick turn from their Jan 12 campaign launch. In a tight Hill Country talent pool, that’s a strong win: more hands in the bays, faster turnarounds, fewer carryovers, and better coverage when the counter gets busy. Nice work, Power Monkey team!

Yesterday I got a text from a number I didn't recognize. (786) 481-4680. Miami area code. The message? "Hi Christopher, right?" Three words. That's it. My first instinct was to reply. Be polite. Say "wrong number" and move on with my day. I didn't. And that split-second decision might have saved me thousands of dollars. Here's what I almost walked into. That "innocent" text is the opening line of what the FBI calls a "pig butchering" scam. Weird name. Devastating consequences. HERE'S HOW THE SCAM WORKS They send thousands of these texts. "Hi [name], right?" They're fishing. Waiting for someone polite enough to respond. If you reply—even just "wrong number"—you've confirmed two things: 1. This phone number is active. 2. There's a real person here willing to engage. Now you're a qualified lead. The scammer apologizes. Strikes up a conversation. Maybe mentions it's "fate" that you connected. Over the next few weeks—sometimes months—they build trust. They become your friend. Maybe more. Then comes the hook. A cryptocurrency opportunity. A trading platform. An "investment" that seems too good to pass up. By the time you realize what's happening, your money is gone. And I mean gone. Think I'm being dramatic? Last year, text message scams cost Americans $470 million. That's five times higher than 2020. These aren't Nigerian princes with bad grammar anymore. They're sophisticated operations using AI to manage conversations with hundreds of victims simultaneously. The Miami area code on that text I received? Spoofed. Could have come from anywhere in the world. The fact that they used my first name? Probably pulled from a data breach. Or my LinkedIn. Or anywhere else my info exists online. This isn't random. It's targeted. It's patient. And it's designed to exploit the one thing most of us were raised to be: Polite. So here's what you do when you get one of these: Do NOT respond. Not even "wrong number." Silence is your best protection.

Mark’s Auto Service in Gillette, NJ just added an Auto Tech to the crew. Nice turnaround from their Jan 8 campaign launch. Perfect timing for North Jersey: cold snaps, salted roads, and early pothole season mean more no-starts, suspension work, and exhaust issues rolling in. Well done, Mark!

Jordan’s Auto Clinic in Norton Shores, MI just added an Automotive Technician to the crew. Great timing on the Lakeshore. Mid-winter means no-starts, battery swaps, salty exhaust and suspension work, and pothole season warming up. One more tech on the line keeps wait times down and customers rolling. Nice work, Jordan’s!