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Contents

  • Essentials
    • What's New
      • What's New
      • A World Without Limits
    • Creating A Sim
      • A New You
      • Personality
      • Family and Aging
      • Making Catherine Browne
    • Creating a House
      • Creating a House
      • Building Basics
      • Buying a Lot
      • Build Mode
      • Furnished Lots and Pre-Set Lives
      • Households
      • Cheat Sheet
    • A Day in the Life
      • The Essentials
      • Wishes
      • Skills
      • Careers
      • Mood Maintenance
      • Relationships and Socializing
      • Meet the Brownes
      • Getting Settled
      • Making the Most
      • Keep On Keepin’ On
    • Traits
      • Traits
    • Moods
      • Mood
      • Moodlets
      • Positive Moodlets
      • Neutral Moodlets
      • Negative Moodlets
    • Wishes
      • Wishes
      • Lifetime Wishes
      • Wishes List
      • Lifetime Happiness Points
    • Skills
      • Skills
      • Athletic
      • Charisma
      • Cooking
      • Fishing
      • Gardening
      • Guitar
      • Handiness
      • Logic
      • Painting
      • Writing
    • Careers
      • Careers
      • Business
      • Criminal
      • Culinary
      • Journalism
      • Law Enforcement
      • Medical
      • Military
      • Music
      • Politics
      • Professional Sports
      • Science
      • Part-time Work
      • School
    • Opportunities
      • Opportunities
      • Skills Opportunities
      • Careers Opportunities
    • Relationships and Aging
      • Relationships
      • Friendships (and Enemies)
      • Romance
      • Socializing
      • Family and Aging
      • Having a Family
      • Death
      • Service Sims
    • Tour of Sunset Valley
      • City Life
      • Places of Employment
      • Shopping and Commerce
      • Community Spots
      • Fishing Spots
      • Places to Go Collecting
    • Design Corner
      • Truly Custom Content
      • Winsome Farmhouse
      • Le Grand Palace
      • FoxGlen Manor
      • The Cherry Tree Houses
      • Richmond Manor
    • Object Catalog
      • Object Catalog
      • Living Room
      • Kitchen
      • Dining Room
      • Bedroom
      • Bathroom
      • Study
      • Kids’ Room
      • Multi-Room Objects
      • Outdoors and Landscaping
      • Object Interactions
    • Community
      • Sharing with the World

The Sims 3 Guide › Essentials › Careers

Part-time Work

In addition to these full-time careers, Sims can pick up part-time jobs at the supermarket, cemetery, bookstore, or day spa. These jobs are for just four hours day, four days a week.

These jobs are designed not to interfere with life too much. For example, a teen might take a job at the supermarket that starts after school at 4 PM and lasts until 8 PM. Or an adult could grab a late-night 6 PM to 10 PM gig helping bury bodies at the cemetery.

Part-time jobs include tones, just like the full-time jobs. However, because relationships and skills don’t determine job performance, the tones are limited to: Business As Usual (average amount of work), Work Hard (put in extra effort), and Take It Easy (minimal effort).

Each part-time job has only three career levels with minimal raises between each promotion. To get ahead at a part-time job, just show up with a good mood and put in a decent day’s labor.

Part-time jobs can be quit via the cellphone. You can go back to work at the same place, but if you wait too long between quitting and going back, you lose any promotions and must start over.

Bookstore Clerk

Level Position Work Days Start Time Length of Day Average Daily Pay Weekly Average Pay Pension Pay Metrics for Promotion

1

Magazine Recycler

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

90

450

30

Mood

2

Stocker

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

150

750

40

Mood

3

Book Seller

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

240

1,200

60

Mood

Graveyard Clerk

Level Position Work Days Start Time Length of Day Average Daily Pay Weekly Average Pay Pension Pay Metrics for Promotion

1

Grave Digger

SU,M,TH,F,S

18

3

98

490

30

Mood

2

Gatekeeper

SU,M,T,F,S

18

3

165

825

40

Mood

3

Undertaker

SU,M,T,F,S

18

3

263

1,315

70

Mood

Grocery Clerk

Level Position Work Days Start Time Length of Day Average Daily Pay Weekly Average Pay Pension Pay Metrics for Promotion

1

Shopping Cart Gatherer

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

90

450

30

Mood

2

Bagger

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

150

750

40

Mood

3

Produce Washer

M,T,W,TH,F

16

3

240

1,200

60

Mood

Spa Receptionist

Level Position Work Days Start Time Length of Day Average Daily Pay Weekly Average Pay Pension Pay Metrics for Promotion

1

Receptionist 1

SU,M,W,TH,S

15

3

98

490

30

Mood

2

Receptionist 2

SU,M,W,TH,S

15

3

165

825

40

Mood

3

Receptionist 3

SU,M,W,TH,S

15

3

263

1,315

70

Mood

Spa Specialist

Level Position Work Days Start Time Length of Day Average Daily Pay Weekly Average Pay Pension Pay Metrics for Promotion

1

Clothes Folder

SU,W,TH,F,S

15

3

98

490

30

Mood

2

Fitting Room Guard

SU,W,TH,F,S

15

3

165

825

40

Mood

3

Seller

SU,W,TH,F,S

15

3

263

1,315

70

Mood

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