The comprehensive guide to career cheats in The Sims 4
While playing The Sims 4, your Sims have the opportunity to pursue a variety of careers. Whether in the base game or with expansion packs, the world o...

While playing The Sims 4, your Sims have the opportunity to pursue a variety of careers. Whether in the base game or with expansion packs, the world of work is open to you. Once your Sim has a job, they can enhance their skills and complete job-specific tasks to earn a promotion.
Although this is the straightforward and ethical way to advance in a career, you can also utilize a variety of cheats to expedite your path to the top of a career. In this guide, we will delve into these cheats and examine their usage in detail. First, let's take a look at how to activate cheats in The Sims 4.
How To Enable Cheats In The Sims 4
In order to use career cheats, you must first enable cheats on your platform. Below, you will find a guide on how to do so.
Platform |
Buttons To Press |
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PC |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
Mac |
Command + Shift + C |
Console (Xbox and PlayStation) |
All 4 Shoulder Buttons |
After performing the corresponding action, a white command bar should appear on your screen. Enter the following from here.
- "testingcheats on" or "testingcheats true"
Once this is done, the cheats are enabled! You can now use cheats in the game and access an expanded menu by holding down the Shift key and clicking on Sims.
Career Cheat Names
Each career in the game has an associated "cheat name" that you need to enter to set the job. These names are fairly straightforward, but it's important to pay attention to spaces and capitalization. They must match exactly, otherwise the cheat won't work.
Below, you can see the career names that are used in the cheats.
How To Get A Promotion With Cheats
Getting a job is simple; you can do it directly from your phone. Once you have a job, you can use a simple cheat to obtain a promotion.
- careers.promote [CareerName]
By using this, you will advance one career level regardless of meeting the qualifications. Let's take the career of an athlete as an example. If you want an immediate promotion, you would enter the following into the command bar.
- careers.promote Athlete
This also works with part-time jobs. Although part-time jobs don't have typical career levels, you can increase your salary.
How To Add & Remove Jobs
While it is easy to get a job and quit, there are cheats that also allow for this. Below, you will find the cheats used for these actions.
Action |
Cheat |
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Add Job/Career |
careers.add_career [CareerName] |
Remove Job/Career |
careers.remove_career [CareerName] |
How To Retire From A Career With Cheats
Lastly, let's take a look at how to retire using cheats. When your Sim becomes an Elder, they may have the option to retire and earn a daily pension. To force this retirement process, you can use the following cheat.
- careers.retire [CareerName]
Sometimes, the retirement option may be glitched and not appear on your Sim's phone. If that's the case, the above cheat still works.