In The Sims 4, careers are one of the most important and interesting aspects of the game, enabling your Sims to chase their goals and dream roles, develop new skills, and continue building their lives. However, careers can be a drag even in The Sims, with daily tasks and promotions becoming a bit of a grind at times.
Thankfully, career cheats exist and can be a very handy way to skip past some of that tiresome loop. With career cheats, you can instantly set your Sim up with almost any full-time or part-time job in the game. Everything you’ll need to know about the available career cheats and how to use them in The Sims 4 has been outlined in the guide below.
How to use career cheats in The Sims 4
In The Sims 4, career cheats function in the same way most other gameplay cheats do. This means that you will need to first enable cheats/the cheats input menu for their save. To do this, you will need to push the following key combinations:
- CTR + SHIFT + C on PC
- L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 on PlayStation
- LB + RB + LT + RT on Xbox
This will open the cheats menu, enabling you to type specific cheats to activate them in your game. Next, you need to type, or copy + paste the following into the cheats menu, then press enter to toggle cheats.
- Testingcheats true
The Sims 4: Complete career cheat list
Now that you have toggled cheats on for your Sims 4 save, you can copy and paste or type in any career cheat to activate it in-game. A complete list of career cheats for the Sims 4 has been included below, categorised by full-time and part-time cheats.
All part-time career cheats in The Sims 4
| Career | Cheat – Promotion | Cheat – Demotion |
|---|---|---|
| Babysitter | careers.promote parttime_babysitter | careers.demote parttime_babysitter |
| Barista | careers.promote parttime_barista | careers.demote parttime_barista |
| Driver | careers.promote parttime_driver | careers.demote parttime_driver |
| Fast Food Employee | careers.promote parttime_fastfood | careers.demote parttime_fastfood |
| Fisherman | careers.promote parttime_fisherman | careers.demote parttime_fisherman |
| Handyperson | careers.promote parttime_handyperson | careers.demote parttime_handyperson |
| Lifeguard | careers.promote parttime_lifeguard | careers.demote parttime_lifeguard |
| Manual Laborer | careers.promote parttime_manual | careers.demote parttime_manual |
| Retail Employee | careers.promote parttime_retail | careers.demote parttime_retail |
| Video Game Streamer | careers.promote parttime_streamersidehustle | careers.demote parttime_streamersidehustle |
All full-time career cheats in The Sims 4
| Career | Cheat – Promotion | Cheat – Demotion |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | careers.promote actor | careers.demote actor |
| Astronaut | careers.promote astronaut | careers.demote astronaut |
| Athlete | careers.promote athlete | careers.demote athlete |
| Business | careers.promote business | careers.demote business |
| Civil Designer | careers.promote civildesigner | careers.demote civildesigner |
| Conservationist | careers.promote conservationist | careers.demote conservationist |
| Criminal | careers.promote criminal | careers.demote criminal |
| Critic | careers.promote careers_adult_critic | careers.demote careers_adult_critic |
| Culinary | careers.promote culinary | careers.demote culinary |
| Detective | careers.promote detective | careers.demote detective |
| Doctor | careers.promote doctor | careers.demote doctor |
| Education | careers.promote careers_adult_education | careers.demote careers_adult_education |
| Engineer | careers.promote careers_adult_engineer | careers.demote careers_adult_engineer |
| Entertainer | careers.promote entertainer | careers.demote entertainer |
| Freelancer | careers.promote careers_adult_freelancer_agency_maker | careers.demote careers_adult_freelancer_agency_maker |
| Gardener | ccareers.promote adult_gardener | careers.demote adult_gardener |
| Law | careers.promote careers_adult_law | careers.demote careers_adult_law |
| Military | careers.promote military | careers.demote military |
| Naturopath | careers.promote naturopath | careers.demote naturopath |
| Painter | careers.promote painter | careers.demote painter |
| Park Worker | careers.promote parkworker | careers.demote parkworker |
| Politics | careers.promote activist | careers.demote activist |
| Reaper | careers.promote active_reaper | careers.demote active_reaper |
| Romance Consultant | careers.promote romanceconsultant | careers.demote romanceconsultant |
| Scientist | careers.promote adult_active_scientist | careers.demote adult_active_scientist |
| Secret Agent | careers.promote secretagent | careers.demote secretagent |
| Social Media | careers.promote socialmedia | careers.demote socialmedia |
| Style Influencer | careers.promote styleinfluencer | careers.demote styleinfluencer |
| Tech Guru | careers.promote techguru | careers.demote techguru |
| Undertaker | careers.promote mortician | careers.demote mortician |
| Writer | careers.promote adult_writer | careers.demote adult_writer |
