Why waste time growing in a career when you can cheat the progress? Master all of these cheats and make life for your Sims as easy as pie.
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How to access the cheats menu
Accessing career cheats works just like any other cheats in the game, meaning you need to activate cheats to use them.
To do this, open the cheats console using:
- Windows: CTRL + SHIFT + C
- Mac: CTRL + SHIFT + C
- PS4: L1, L2, R1 and R2.
- Xbox One: LB, LT, RB and RT
Once you’ve done that, type in either testingcheats on or testingcheats true. Once you type this in and press Enter, all cheats will be enabled in the game.
All Sims 4 Career Cheats
You can copy and paste any of the cheats below into your cheats window to level up (or down) in any game career.
Full-Time Careers
| Career | Packs | Promotion | Demotion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | Get Famous | careers.promote actor | careers.demote actor |
| Astronaut | Base Game | careers.promote astronaut | careers.demote astronaut |
| Athlete | Base Game | careers.promote athlete | careers.demote athlete |
| Business | Base Game | careers.promote business | careers.demote business |
| Civil Designer | Eco Lifestyle | careers.promote civildesigner | careers.demote civildesigner |
| Conservationist | Island Living | careers.promote conservationist | careers.demote conservationist |
| Criminal | Base Game | careers.promote criminal | careers.demote criminal |
| Critic | City Living | careers.promote careers_adult_critic | careers.demote careers_adult_critic |
| Culinary | Base Game | careers.promote culinary | careers.demote culinary |
| Detective | Get To Work | careers.promote detective | careers.demote detective |
| Doctor | Get To Work | careers.promote doctor | careers.demote doctor |
| Education | Discover University | careers.promote careers_adult_education | careers.demote careers_adult_education |
| Engineer | Discover University | careers.promote careers_adult_engineer | careers.demote careers_adult_engineer |
| Entertainer | Base Game | careers.promote entertainer | careers.demote entertainer |
| Freelancer | Base Game | careers.promote careers_adult_freelancer_agency_maker | careers.demote careers_adult_freelancer_agency_maker |
| Gardener | Seasons | ccareers.promote adult_gardener | careers.demote adult_gardener |
| Interior Decorator | Dream Home Decorator | careers.promote deco | careers.demote deco |
| Law | Discover University | careers.promote careers_adult_law | careers.demote careers_adult_law |
| Military | Strangerville | careers.promote military | careers.demote military |
| Naturopath | Enchanted By Nature | careers.promote naturopath | careers.demote naturopath |
| Painter | Base Game | careers.promote painter | careers.demote painter |
| Politics | City Living | careers.promote activist | careers.demote activist |
| Reaper | Life and Death | careers.promote active_reaper | careers.demote active_reaper |
| Romance Consultant | Lovestruck | careers.promote romanceconsultant | careers.demote romanceconsultant |
| Salaryperson | Snowy Escape | careers.promote corporateworker | careers.demote corporateworker |
| Scientist | Get To Work | careers.promote adult_active_scientist | careers.demote adult_active_scientist |
| Secret Agent | Base Game | careers.promote secretagent | careers.demote secretagent |
| Social Media | City Living | careers.promote socialmedia | careers.demote socialmedia |
| Style Influencer | Base Game | careers.promote styleinfluencer | careers.demote styleinfluencer |
| Tech Guru | Base Game | careers.promote techguru | careers.demote techguru |
| Undertaker | Life and Death | careers.promote mortician | careers.demote mortician |
| Writer | Base Game | careers.promote adult_writer | careers.demote adult_writer |
Part-Time Careers
| Career | Packs Required | Promotion | Demotion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babysitter | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_babysitter | careers.demote parttime_babysitter |
| Barista | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_barista | careers.demote parttime_barista |
| Diver | Island Living | careers.promote parttime_diver | careers.demote parttime_diver |
| Fast Food Employee | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_fastfood | careers.demote parttime_fastfood |
| Fisherman | Island Living | careers.promote parttime_fisherman | careers.demote parttime_fisherman |
| Handyperson | For Rent | careers.promote parttime_handyperson | careers.demote parttime_handyperson |
| Lifeguard | Island Living | careers.promote parttime_lifeguard | careers.demote parttime_lifeguard |
| Manual Labourer | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_manual | careers.demote parttime_manual |
| Park Worker | Adventure Awaits | careers.promote parkworker | careers.demote parkworker |
| Retail Employee | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_retail | careers.demote parttime_retail |
| Simfluencer | High School Years | careers.promote PartTime_SimsfluencerSideHustle | careers.demote PartTime_SimsfluencerSideHustle |
| Video Game Streamer | High School Years | careers.promote parttime_streamersidehustle | careers.demote parttime_streamersidehustle |
Teen Careers
Teens have access to almost all of the part-time careers in The Sims 4.
| Career | Packs Required | Promotion | Demotion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babysitter | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_babysitter | careers.demote parttime_babysitter |
| Barista | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_barista | careers.demote parttime_barista |
| Fast Food Employee | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_fastfood | careers.demote parttime_fastfood |
| Fisherman | Island Living | careers.promote parttime_fisherman | careers.demote parttime_fisherman |
| Lifeguard | Island Living | careers.promote parttime_lifeguard | careers.demote parttime_lifeguard |
| Manual Labourer | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_manual | careers.demote parttime_manual |
| Park Worker | Adventure Awaits | careers.promote parkworker | careers.demote parkworker |
| Retail Employee | Base Game | careers.promote parttime_retail | careers.demote parttime_retail |
| Simfluencer | High School Years | careers.promote PartTime_SimsfluencerSideHustle | careers.demote PartTime_SimsfluencerSideHustle |
| Video Game Streamer | High School Years | careers.promote parttime_streamersidehustle | careers.demote parttime_streamersidehustle |
Teens also have a range of after-school activities, which you can use cheats to level up in.
| Club | Promotion | Demotion |
|---|---|---|
| Cheer Team | careers.promote hsteam_cheerteam | careers.demote hsteam_cheerteam |
| Chess Team | careers.promote hsteam_chessteam | careers.demote hsteam_chessteam |
| Computer Team | careers.promote hsteam_computerteam | careers.demote hsteam_computerteam |
| Drama Club | careers.promote dramaclub | careers.demote dramaclub |
| Football Team | careers.promote hsteam_footballteam | careers.demote hsteam_footballteam |
| Scouts | careers.promote scout | careers.demote scout |
Other helpful Sims 4 career cheats
Unlocking career items
If you want to use an item which is locked behind a career you can use the cheat bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement to unlock all career items.
Changing career outfits
You can use the cheat sims.modify_career_outfit_in_cas to change your career outfit. Typing this in will then take you to the create a Sim menu for your Sim and will mean you can change your work outfit to whatever you like.
If you’re feeling mischievous, you can also do this for NPCs. This requires a few extra steps.
- In the cheats console, type in sims.get_sim_id_by_name [First Name] [Last Name], replacing First Name and Last Name with the name of the Sim you want to edit.
- This will get you the Sim ID for the NPC you want to change. You’ll need this ID number to edit their outfit rather than using their name.
- Next, type in sims.modify_career_outfit_in_cas [SIM ID]
You will be taken to the create a Sim screen for this specific Sim.
As you can see, you can change their career outfit to absolutely anything with this cheat. Hopefully Dominic’s colleagues aren’t scared of Gnomes!
Too much to remember?
If you’re a PC/Mac player and copying and pasting cheats or having to remember each one sounds like too much, why not try the UI Cheats Extension Mod?
With this mod, you can:
- Right-click on a job icon or the green career title bar to select a career level or change career branch.
- Right-click on the performance bar to set the value (from -100 to 100).
- Right-click on any promotion task, daily task, prep task, or work-from-home assignment to complete it.
- If the task involves raising a skill, right-clicking to complete the goal won’t actually increase your skill.
- Right-click on the work reputation bar to set the value (from -100 to 100).
- Right-click on a workplace rival to remove it.
Once you right click on the area you want to change, you can type in the amount you want the bar to go up or down by.
UI cheats extension needs to have script mods enabled for it to work properly. You can turn this on in your settings menu.
We did a detailed review of this mod on our site, which you can read here.
Is having one career too easy?
If you want an extra challenge, like having a side hustle at the same time as a full-time career, then have a look at the Unlimited Jobs mod by Turbodriver.
Using this mod I was able to enrol my Sim into all of these different careers at the same time, so there truly doesn’t seem to be any limit to the amount of jobs you can have at once.
Just watch out for burnout!
Have you used these cheats before? Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments below.
How do you download the new careers mods?