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    How do you choose careers for your sims?

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    calaprfycalaprfy Posts: 3,927 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    So how do you?

    I try to be realistic and give them a career that suits their traits (eg. they become an athlete only if they have the active trait). But what if a sim doesn't have traits that are obvious to any career? What would you do?

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      WolfiumWolfium Posts: 2,672 Member
      I either have some story for them and choose a career, or choose what appears in thinking cloud when they call to find a job (in some cases that's something what they would like to do).
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      PeculiarPlumbobPeculiarPlumbob Posts: 535 Member
      It depends... Mostly I just think of their personalities and what would suit them... I wouldn't put a lazy sim in the fitness career :''D
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      Francl27Francl27 Posts: 761 Member
      If there's nothing in their trait, I pick something I haven't done yet.
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      MeishakMeishak Posts: 28 Member
      I choose based on the story I'm telling or just at random(like numbering the careers 1-11 for example then using a random number generator online to tell me what to pick).
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      leo3487leo3487 Posts: 4,063 Member
      edited March 2018
      calaprfy wrote: »
      So how do you?

      I try to be realistic and give them a career that suits their traits (eg. they become an athlete only if they have the active trait). But what if a sim doesn't have traits that are obvious to any career? What would you do?

      this order
      Trait
      Aspiration (than require a specific career)
      Aspiration (than require a skill, and that skill is also required for lower or all levels of a carrer)
      Skills
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      SimSaraSimSara Posts: 534 Member
      If it's not obvious then I will go by their backstory/aspiration or just pick a career that I think is more generic such as the business or nursing career.
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      ListentoToppDoggListentoToppDogg Posts: 2,103 Member
      Honestly, I usually base it on their appearance. If they're muscular, I'll give them an athletic career. If they look kind of nerdy, I'll give them a computer related career. :D

      But it can also be based on their family. If I have more that one toddler, I give the parents one of the stay at home careers.
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      SuperCoolRachaelSuperCoolRachael Posts: 392 Member
      I used to randomly generate a number and choose with that, but sometimes, since my Sims are mostly based on fictional characters, I look at what job they have in their respective canon and choose something based on that. Or I go by their personalities. (This is especially difficult in Pokemon, since most of them are Pokemon trainers and nothing else.)
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      RedDestiny92RedDestiny92 Posts: 7,850 Member
      Depends on the story for the sim I don't always give traits that would be best for a career, and sometimes with that I may cheat skills while I don't mind the growing sometimes I picture sims as being more prepared for life.
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      Kiara_kittenKiara_kitten Posts: 52 Member
      If im honest, i don't think it maters. Their trait might make them better at their work, or give them more of a promotion chance sooner, but i don't think it realy makes a difference. But, as it's been said, above, a lazy person might get a negative moodlet from being in the athlete career. However, if someone has the computer whiz ASPIRATION then it would be good to hire them as a tech guru, or a bodybuilder as an athlete, and so on, but i don't really think traits make a difference.

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      kemiszkemisz Posts: 602 Member
      If their traits don't directly point to a career then I pick from what they've skilled into during their teenage years. High logic and fitness? Astronaut. Lots of logic and charisma? Spy. That kind of thing.
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      mustenimusteni Posts: 5,408 Member
      I just chose career for Caleb and it went like this: First I looked at his traits and noticed he is a foodie, so I made a mental note about culinary career. Then I clicked find a job on his phone and browsed down the list to check other options. I thought the the culinary career working hours might be bad for him, because he would have to work at night and then couldn't go out during the day. Social media career seemed like another option that might suit him. I checked career guides really quick if there were any nice job rewards... not really. Then I thought how fun it would be if Caleb went for the public relations branch and became a representative of vampires. That was it. :)
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      singingwritingsingingwriting Posts: 26 Member
      I base it a lot on the aspirations I pick for them or if I haven't tried that career before and think it would be cool to do now. You could also see what the sim does autonomously and base it on that.
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      Huiiie_07Huiiie_07 Posts: 1,200 Member
      I must admit, I rarely have a sim who doesn't have any traits that would be fitting for a certain career. The only sim I can think of now is Alyssa, the one in my avi, who is an astronaut without any obvious traits for this (except for geek, but that could also fit the programmer career). I think I've just chosen this career because I haven't tried it yet. I also sometimes choose based on their aspiration because some of them require you to get a certain level in a specific career.
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      DevilNDisguiseDevilNDisguise Posts: 2,225 Member
      I have all kinds of storylines planned out for my Sims. I have most of their lives all planned out before they’re even born. Sometimes it’s all subject to change, but what they do with their life all comes down to the story I’ve chosen for them, which usually just comes naturally to me. Nothing quite determines it for me.
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      BMSOBMSO Posts: 3,273 Member
      Usually depends on the traits but I'm a stickler for having an evil sim also in law enforcement or politician.
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      CupidCupid Posts: 3,623 Member
      I was assigning jobs to neighborhood sims I added just the other night (so that they wouldn't be selected for bartending jobs, etc), and my process was basically just me looking at their appearance and picking what I thought fit them.
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      TheGoodOldGamerTheGoodOldGamer Posts: 3,559 Member
      Even if their traits don't lend themselves to a particular job over another, there's usually some sort of 'vibe' I get from them that leads me in one direction or another. Like there are people more inclined to get an arts degree or science degree? Well it's the same for a job. Most writers wouldn't be scientists, vice versa. It can be a lot of factors, from their looks, to where they live, and so on that guide me.
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      PinklixtyPinklixty Posts: 37 Member
      I really just depends on how your Sim is like. A good Sim wouldn't be a criminal, like a bad Sim would not be a detective.
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      kemiszkemisz Posts: 602 Member
      Pinklixty wrote: »
      I really just depends on how your Sim is like. A good Sim wouldn't be a criminal, like a bad Sim would not be a detective.

      My bad sims love being detectives.
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      WolfiumWolfium Posts: 2,672 Member
      Pinklixty wrote: »
      I really just depends on how your Sim is like. A good Sim wouldn't be a criminal, like a bad Sim would not be a detective.

      I have two good sims that are great Oracles.
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      lachlan0604lachlan0604 Posts: 5 New Member
      I only have cats and dogs so i don't have much choice lol (I spend most of my time in the sims3).
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      VanPelt81VanPelt81 Posts: 2,990 Member
      It really depends on the sims. Some sims that I've created in previous games will have the same or very similar careers as they had in previous games. As for others it really depends on what I want them to have. Many sims get stuck in the business career and not promoting past the first 2 or 3 spots. Some that I made elaborate backstories with get the higher promoted careers.
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      calaprfycalaprfy Posts: 3,927 Member
      Thanks, folks. Some great responses there.
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      LoanetLoanet Posts: 4,079 Member
      An Active career builds up lots of skills quickly.

      A creative career can produce lots of books or music that will produce royalties long after you quit.
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