Career cheats for The Sims 4 for politician, salaryperson & more

Career cheats for The Sims 4 for politician, salaryperson & more
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2nd Feb 2024 10:50

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The Sims 4 has a whole host of cheats that can be used to help progress a Sim's career depending on whether you want them to flourish or sink in the workplace. 

So if you're planning on giving your Sim a different 9-5, want to tweak where they're at on the ladder for storytelling purposes, or bestow them with a few more Simoleons, here are all of the career-based cheats you can use in the game.

How to use career cheats in The Sims 4

To use any cheat in The Sims 4, regardless of whether it's for careers, Toddlers, Vampires, or Discover University, you'll first need to enter a code to summon the cheat box.

  • To do this, press CTRL + Shift + C on PC, all four triggers if on console, or hold down Command + Shift + C for Mac

Once the box appears in the top-left corner of the screen, type 'testingcheats true' (without the single quotes) and press 'Enter'.

Image of a Sim typing
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This will then enable the use of cheats in your game, which will all need to be entered in the very same window.

Career promotion cheats

To promote a Sim in their career, first, make sure they're in the profession you want them to progress in by using their phone or a computer to add them to the specific track.

Next, type 'careers.promote' in the cheat box and add the name of the profession shown in the list below to the tail end of the code. Using this cheat will promote them only once, however, so you'll have to repeat the cheat to send them further up the metaphorical ladder.

Career Code
Actor careers.promote Actor
Astronaut careers.promote Astronaut
Athletic careers.promote Athletic
Business careers.promote Business
Civil Designer careers.promote careers_Adult_CivilDesigner
Conservationist careers.promote Conservationist
Criminal careers.promote Criminal
Critic careers.promote careers_adult_Critic
Culinary careers.promote Culinary
Detective careers.promote Detective
Doctor careers.promote Doctor
Education careers.promote careers_Adult_Education
Engineer careers.promote careers_Adult_Engineer
Entertainer careers.promote Entertainer
Freelancer careers.promote careers_Adult_Freelancer_Agency_Maker
Gardener careers.promote Adult_Gardener
Influencer careers.promote Influencer
Law careers.promote law
Military careers.promote Military
Painter careers.promote Painter
Politician careers.promote Activist
Salaryperson careers.promote CorporateWorker
Scientist careers.promote adult_active_Scientist
Secret Agent careers.promote SecretAgent
Social Media careers.promote SocialMedia
Tech Guru careers.promote TechGuru
Writer careers.promote adult_Writer

You'll also need to make sure you have the relevant Expansion or Game Packs installed, as some professions are only made available with certain DLCs

Similarly, if you swap out 'promote' to 'demote', your Sim will be demoted to a lower level in their career. For example, 'careers.demote Activist' will demote your Sim a rank in the Politics career. 

Career screen in The Sims 4
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Part-time job cheats

Aside from the many 'standard' and Active Careers in The Sims 4, you can also use the promotion cheat for part-time jobs (some also exist for High School Years and their afterschool activities).

These jobs are particularly useful if you want your Sims to be able to contribute some extra Simoleons whilst they're studying or if they are required to be at home more often.

These are entered much in the same way as the previous list:

Part-time Job Code
Babysitter careers.promote PartTime_Babysitter
Barista careers.promote PartTime_Barista
Diver careers.promote PartTime_Diver
Esports careers.promote career_Volunteer_E-Sports
Fast Food careers.promote PartTime_FastFood
Fisherman careers.promote PartTime_Fisherman
Lifeguard careers.promote PartTime_Lifeguard
Manual Laborer careers.promote PartTime_Manual
Retail careers.promote PartTime_Retail
Soccer Team promote careers_Volunteer_SoccerTeam

School performance cheats

If you wish to share success with Child and Teen Sims, you're able to use cheats in order to improve (or lower) their performance within the school system:

Cheat Description
demote Gradeschool Lowers a Child Sim's school performance
promote Gradeschool Raises school performance for a Child Sim
demote Highschool Lowers a Teen Sim's school performance
promote Highschool Increases a Teen’s school performance

Miscellaneous & modify career outfit cheats for The Sims 4

Image of a career outfit in The Sims 4
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Some other cheats can be used to switch up things within your Sim's careers too, including instantly helping them to join and quit a career track or to change the appearance of their work uniform.

Cheat Description
careers.add_career (careername) Adds your Sim to a specific career track
careers.remove_career (careername) This will remove the selected Sim from their career
careers.retire (careername) Your Sim will retire from their job and receive a weekly pension

Make sure that when a Sim a part-time job with this cheat to include the 'PartTime_' part of the code.

If you want to edit a Sim's career outfit, you'll first need access to your Sim's ID, which is a long number unique to them. To find this, enter 'sims.get_sim_id_by_name (First Name) (Last Name)' in the console and replace the bracketed parts with your Sim's name, like in the below image:

Image of the console window in The Sims 4
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Once you've done that, enter this 'sims.modify_career_outfit_in_cas (Sim ID)' and you'll now be whisked away to change up their appearance for work.

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Kiera Mills
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Kiera Mills
Kiera is a former GGRecon Guides Writer.
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