REFRESH THE CAREER SYSTEM - Do You Want This?

Too complicated for my style of gameplay. Careers are just a way of earning Simoleons for most of my Sims and I don't want to stress about them.

Perhaps it could be a toggle for this? Or as @Calico45 stated, keep the old careers. They could just add new ones that are in their own "advanced" category.

"carpe_diem;c-17970612" wrote:
@Gamer_34567544 Yeah that’s a good idea! Maybe they could make it into a new Lot Challenge:

PICKY LABOR MARKET
-Daily offers on which jobs are available
-CV:s / Job Interviews / Licences

Was going to vote "Maybe", but the Lot Challenge idea won me over.

Additionally I'd want the game to take into account which of my played sims is where on the career track. For example a sims applying for a job in customer support (Tech Guru) or basic office work (Corporate Drone or whatever the career from Snowy escape is called) should have to face one of my own CEOs (from the Business career) in a job interview.

I'd also love to define companies that in turn hire sims from different careers. For example one low level Tech Guru might work for "CyberLife" with a played Personnel Manager, while another low level Tech Guru might work for "Generic electronics company" where the manager is an npc. Freelancers could be loosely associated with a company if they so desire. I already keep track of such things with the club system, but having my headcanon made real in the game would be the icing on that cake.

If Sims 5 had it and was offline, I would still be good with this!

Im particularly loving the "Picky Job Market" lot challenge.

I'd like my sims to actually EARN those high paying careers, rather than just play chess for an hour and all of a sudden they're qualified to become a general practitioner at the hospital. No career progression whatsoever until your sim goes to school and earns their degree. And with interviews, you know how if you dont get hired the manager says "we have your resume on file, so try again in 6months" or whatever? What if you can't re-apply for that same job for a week? In that time if your sim resends their resume and works on their skills, then maybe they'll get the job?

And since alot of jobs these days tend to be more "who you know", what if you're talking to a sim that works in the same career that you're trying to get into? Perhaps with a high enough friendship, you can ask them to "put in a good word for you" (this interaction is only available if your sim is still waiting to hear the results from the interview ) and boost your chances at getting employed?

"InuMiroLover;c-17971155" wrote:
Im particularly loving the "Picky Job Market" lot challenge.

I'd like my sims to actually EARN those high paying careers, rather than just play chess for an hour and all of a sudden they're qualified to become a general practitioner at the hospital. No career progression whatsoever until your sim goes to school and earns their degree. And with interviews, you know how if you dont get hired the manager says "we have your resume on file, so try again in 6months" or whatever? What if you can't re-apply for that same job for a week? In that time if your sim resends their resume and works on their skills, then maybe they'll get the job?

And since alot of jobs these days tend to be more "who you know", what if you're talking to a sim that works in the same career that you're trying to get into? Perhaps with a high enough friendship, you can ask them to "put in a good word for you" (this interaction is only available if your sim is still waiting to hear the results from the interview ) and boost your chances at getting employed?

I don't think you would have to get a degree, per se. Some people go into fields self-taught. If you need more education, the workplaces may pay for you to have it.

Not really interested in job interviews and such, but I'd love more options for employment. As of now I mainly skip the original careers that can't be worked from home because they feel so pointless unless you just want to get rid of your sim for a large chunk of the day. I'd like to see work from home or freelance options for most of them, especially for the criminal and entertainer careers.

I'm also interested in decaying skills, but I agree there should be a way of negating it for those who don't want it, be it a reward trait or a toggle.

As for aspirations for every career, I personally would love it, but I acknowledge that it would be a lot of new choices to have to sift through. It's always bothered me that a handful of the aspirations require a specific job to complete them, so what I propose is a new separate category be created for job related aspirations. That way we could choose two aspirations for our sims, one relating to a job and the other for non job related goals. Again, the job related aspiration should be optional or there should be a unemployed aspiration for those who don't want their sim to pursue a career.

@RememberJoy That's a good point, Career aspiration need to be separate to Sims Aspirations. Maybe tied to the career and viable in the career tab. ? And I wouldn’t mind some new Reward traits (like No skill Decaying), omg you get so much satisfaction points from completing Holidays, Idk what to spend them on. ? Freelance Criminal career sounds awesome! Maybe something for an Burglar update ?.

I do not mind refreshes as long as they are fruitful and really add to the game by fixing majority of the bugs and tweaking some of the careers like the nursing career which for me is dull and so repetitive. Also ensure the AI is doing their job and not just my Sim which does it all while most of the staff look like they are out to lunch most of the time.

I don't want CVs and interviews but some of the rest could be good. I'd love career aspirations.