{"id":6973,"date":"2018-08-06T18:14:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2023-12-22T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:45:55","password":"","slug":"phoneextension-handling","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/docs\/managing-records\/phoneextension-handling\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone\/Extension Handling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below, you will find useful information regarding how PCRecruiter handles telephone\/extension entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you enter a phone number with parenthesis and a dash, such as (xxx)xxx-xxxx, it will be set as a US phone number.<\/li><li>If you enter a phone number beginning with a plus, such as +xxxxxxxxxx, it will be set as an international phone number beginning with the country code.<\/li><li>International numbers that begin with a recognized +CountryCode will be auto formatted, such as, &#8220;+521234567890&#8221; becomes &#8220;+52 123 456 7890&#8221; (52=Mexico).<\/li><li>A US phone number can be entered using the international format by prepending it with a \u201c+1\u201d, such as \u201c+1 440 555 5555\u201d<\/li><li>Extensions for US numbers use an &#8220;Ex.&#8221;, such as, &#8220;(440) 555-1212 Ex. 123&#8221;<\/li><li>Extensions for international phone numbers use an &#8220;x&#8221;, such as, &#8220;+52 123 456 7890 x123&#8221;<\/li><li>If you enter a raw phone number (i.e. without a +), it will either be converted to a US number or left as is. This decision is based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/docs\/database-settings\/timezone-and-international-options\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"5601\">phone format setting<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below, you will find useful information regarding how PCRecruiter handles telephone\/extension entry. If you enter a phone number with parenthesis and a dash, such as (xxx)xxx-xxxx, it will be set as a US phone number. If you enter a phone number beginning with a plus, such as +xxxxxxxxxx, it will be set as an international&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/docs\/managing-records\/phoneextension-handling\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phone\/Extension Handling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pcr-menu-id":[],"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[30],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[25],"class_list":["post-6973","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-managing-records","knowledge_base-nine","entry"],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":153,"total_views":"849","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"PCRecruiter","author_nicename":"arothman","author_url":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/author\/arothman\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Managing Records","term_url":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/docs\/nine\/managing-records\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"PCRecruiter 9","term_url":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/docs\/nine\/","term_slug":"nine"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["nine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11996,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/6973\/revisions\/11996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learning.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}