A resume travels further than you send it.
Job boards, recruiters and hiring systems pass it on, and the copies stay out there long after the search ends. A number you can burn ends when you say so.
A number for job hunting
Get a second phone number on your resume that rings your real phone.
Put an ExpressNumber number on your resume, your job board profiles and every application instead of your own. Recruiters call it, your phone rings, and once you start the new job, you burn the number.
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This is how you get a number for your resume and applications.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Name it Job search, so every text about the search lands under one name.
- Put it at the top of your resume, beside your email and your city and state, and on every job board and application.
- Recruiters call it and your phone rings. Burn it in one tap once you start the new job.
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Your numbers
Job search
(312) 555-0123
Forwarding
Job boards
(773) 555-0178
Texts only
Old applications
(630) 555-0115
Blocked
Job seekers put a second number on their resume for three reasons.
The scam texts go to the number, not to you.
The FTC warns about fake recruiters who send job offers by text. On a second number, those texts land in your inbox under the name Job search, and burning the number ends them.
You do not miss the call that matters.
Recruiters call the number and your real phone rings like any other call. Miss one, and it goes to your own voicemail.
How a call reaches you
The recruiter calls the number on your resume. Your phone gets the call.
A recruiterReads your resume and calls the number on it.
Calls and texts
Job searchYour number for applications.
Forwards
Your real phone ringsLike any other call
Texts land in your inboxUnder the name Job search
The caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Burn the number once you start the new job.
One number for one job search, from the first application to the first day at work.
- 1You applyWith the Job search number on your resume
- 2Recruiters callYour phone rings like any other call
- 3You get the jobAnd give your new employer your own number
- 4Burn the numberCalls and texts about old applications stop
This is what the job sites and the FTC say about the number on your resume.
Read October 17, 2026, with a link to each page.
The Labor Department’s resume guide puts a phone number at the top.
CareerOneStop, which the U.S. Department of Labor sponsors, lists a phone number in a resume’s contact section as a convenient, confidential way for employers to reach you. It says there is no need for your full street address: your city and state will do.
CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor: Top portion of resumeA findable Indeed profile can be copied to other sites.
Indeed says that when your profile is set so employers can find you, search engines and other third parties can copy it and publish it elsewhere, and switching the setting back does not touch those copies.
Indeed: FAQ: Indeed’s Approach to PrivacyA hidden Indeed profile still goes to every employer you apply to.
Indeed says a profile set so employers can’t find you still goes to the employers you apply to, and may be copied and published when you do.
Indeed: FAQ: Indeed’s Approach to PrivacyLinkedIn shows your contact details to your connections only.
LinkedIn says the contact and personal details you add to the Contact Info section of your profile are visible to your 1st-degree connections only.
LinkedIn Help: What People Can See on Your ProfileThe FTC says a job offer by text out of the blue is probably a scam.
Its alert describes fake recruiters who text about remote jobs and ask you to reply YES or INTERESTED. Its advice: ignore generic and unexpected texts, WhatsApp or Telegram messages about jobs, and never pay to get a job.
FTC consumer alert: That job offer text is probably a scam, April 30, 2026Job scam reports to the FTC tripled from 2020 to 2024.
Reported losses to job scams rose from 90 million dollars to 501 million dollars over the same years, the FTC says.
FTC Consumer Advice: Job Scams
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People ask these questions about a number for job hunting.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard and name it Job search. It is live in about a minute. Put it at the top of your resume and on your job board profiles and applications. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and the caller only ever sees the number you gave them.
Yes. CareerOneStop, the career site the Labor Department sponsors, lists a phone number in a resume’s contact section as a convenient way for employers to reach you. Make it one that rings your phone and that you can burn when the search is over.
Put one number at the top, beside your email and your city and state, and write it the usual US way, with the first three digits in brackets. Use the same number on every application, so a recruiter who calls always reaches you.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
Yes. Every number has three modes: Forward rings your phone and lets texts in, Texts only stops calls and keeps the texts coming, and Block stops both. You change the mode from your dashboard.
More ways to use a number
Every rule on this page comes from a public page you can check.
Each one is linked where it is quoted, and all of them were read October 17, 2026.
Put a number on your resume that you can burn.
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