While everybody would prefer a life of leisure, you must find a source of income if you want to succeed. There are multiple ways to rake in the Simoleons, including the advancement of certain skills as detailed earlier in this chapter. However, there are more traditional ways of finding an income: careers.
When you first move into town, it’s likely that your Sims will wish for a specific career. You do not have to honor such requests, but those wishes are usually born out of the specific traits you assigned that Sim, and often directly connected to the Lifetime Wish.
To sign up for a career, you simply report to the building that headquarters the job, such as the military base or police station. Applying is as easy as left-clicking on the location and then choosing the offered career.
When your Sim reports to the job location, the career is immediately offered and the starting position/salary flashed on-screen. If you accept, you are given a schedule and expected to show up at the designated times.
There are multiple ways to advance a career. Promotions are the most common benchmark of success and always comes with a one-time Simoleon bonus, but there are social aspects to each career that involve getting to know co-workers, which has the potential to widen your circle of friends.
While at work, you can set the “tone” for your performance, which affects how you interact with co-workers or approach the job itself. As you advance, your schedule changes and your salary rises. Typically, there are perks or benefits for hitting certain promotions.
Use this chapter to check out all of the careers and see exactly what is expected and involved with each job. Each entry details the list of career ranks and promotion titles.
Once you reach level 10 of a career, you can keep getting raises. Keep attending to your job and every time the performance meter fills, your Sim gets another raise
Retiring
Later in life, Sims can retire from a career and make a pension. This pension is smaller than the wages normally made at that promotion level, but it is a great way to pull in daily income for necessary food and objects while pursuing skills.