When I started travel nursing I handed my personal email to every agency that asked, and I'm still on lists I never signed up for. Your inbox is worth protecting before the first recruiter gets hold of it, not after.
That's the whole reason this exists: you get a free, private @SNurseMail.com address that stands in front of your real one.
How your private email works
Get your free @SNurseMail.com address
Make a profile on StellarNurse and the address is created for you automatically. You don't pick it and there's nothing to configure.
Signup is passwordless, so you give an email address, we send you a login link, and you're in. The address you sign up with is your personal inbox, and it's where agency replies land.
Use it with every agency
Every message you send through StellarNurse goes out from your private address instead of your personal one.
That means you can start conversations with 3-5 agencies to compare the same contract without handing 5 companies your real inbox.
Replies land in your personal inbox
Agency replies forward straight to the email you signed up with. There's no separate inbox to log into and check.
The agency never knows the difference. All they have is the @SNurseMail.com address.
Just hit reply
When you reply, your message still goes out from your private address.
Your personal email stays hidden on both sides of the conversation, so you never have to think about which account you're writing from.
Turn it on and off whenever you want
Your private email is a switch in your StellarNurse dashboard.
Leave it on while you're job hunting and everything forwards as normal.
Flip it off when your contract is signed and you're done hearing from recruiters. Forwarding stops immediately, and anything sent to that address stops reaching you.
Switch it back on next time you're looking. It's yours either way.
Your personal email is never shared
Every message you send an agency through StellarNurse comes from your private address. Your real one is never attached to it.
We also never sell your information. Agencies you message get what you chose to send them, and agencies you didn't contact get nothing at all.
None of this costs you anything. StellarNurse is paid a referral bonus by the agency if you sign a contract, and it never comes out of your pay - which is exactly why selling your contact details isn't how this site makes money.
Your phone number is the other half
Here's the part that's easy to miss: the private email covers your inbox, and nothing else.
When you start a conversation with an agency, they receive your first name and last initial, your specialties, your experience, your licenses, your @SNurseMail.com address - and your phone number.
So a protected inbox and an unprotected phone still gets you the 6am calls. Set up a free burner phone number before you message anyone. It takes a few minutes.
If your personal number is already out there, the guide to stopping recruiter spam walks through cleaning it up.
Job hunt without paying for it later
A travel nurse job search means talking to a lot of agencies, and the industry is built so that every one of those conversations costs you a piece of your privacy. This is the part you get to control.
Turn the private email on, get a burner number, and go talk to as many agencies as you want. Then find your next contract on the job board, where you can see what several agencies pay for the very same contract before you call anyone.
Stick around and read the rest of the help center, or work through the full guides if you're still mapping out the path.
Thank you for reading this - protecting your inbox now saves you months of a cluttered one later, and you're catching it before it starts. Any questions about how any of this works, reach out to me anytime. I answer every message myself.
Inbox protected? Go find the contract.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is the StellarNurse private email really free?
- Yes. Everything on StellarNurse is free for nurses, with no paid tier. We're paid a referral bonus by the agency only if you sign a contract, and it never comes out of your pay.
- Do agencies ever see my personal email address?
- No. Agencies only ever see your
@SNurseMail.comaddress, on the messages you send and the replies you write back. Your personal email is never revealed to them, and we never sell your information. - What happens when I turn my private email off?
- Forwarding stops immediately, so nothing sent to that address reaches your personal inbox. You can turn it back on from your dashboard whenever you're job hunting again.
- Can I choose my own @SNurseMail.com address?
- No. The address is assigned automatically when you create your profile, so there's nothing to set up or pick.
- Does a private email stop recruiter phone calls too?
- No. It only covers email. Your phone number is shared with agencies you message, so get a burner phone number before your first conversation if you want your real number kept out of it.