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The Sims 4has many career paths, from part-time roles as a babysitter or barista, up to roles as an Attorney, Teacher, Stylist, or Programmer. There are also freelance careers, active roles, and much more. However, sometimes you may have a Sim who doesn’t fit into any of the game’s boxes.
If you want your Sim to have a careerthat there isn’t a path for, then the Ministry of Labor is here to help. This service allows your Sim to become whatever they wish and is simple to join, once you know how.
What Is The Ministry Of Labor?
TheMinistry of Labor is a way of registering your Sim’s careerin the game, even if they don’t follow a traditional career path.Usually this will be something like making and selling items, but there areno restrictions.
If you have a Sim who paints, writes books,sings, or programs but youdon’t want to follow the structured freelancer career pathwith clients, feedback, etc. theMinistry of Labor is the answer.It can also be used if you want to tell unique stories about your career by staying outside the structure but still beingrecognized as in employment.
How Do I Register With The Ministry Of Labor?
In order to register you need tomake sure that your Sim doesn’t have a job.This is becauseregistering is essentially the same as choosing a career,so you may only do it if you are unemployed as far as the career tab in game is concerned.
Then simplyfollow these steps:
Open your Sim’s Mobilescreen and navigate to the Yellow Briefcase Icon - theBusiness Tab.
Scroll down toRegister With The Ministry of Laborand select it.
You will then seea menu pop up, asking for details.
Fill in your Sim’s chosen career and a brief description.There are no content restrictions here but there arecharacter limits.
Think of this as a short social media post about your new job.
Once happy,select the tick iconto confirm.
Your Sim will thendisplay their new profession in the career tab.
To see it simplyclick the Career buttonin the bottom right-hand corner and thetitle and description you selectedwill be displayed.
What Are The Benefits Of Registering With The Ministry Of Labor?
There areno tangible benefits or perks to registering,like more money, or tasks to complete. Thebenefits are entirely social.
Once registered, the game willrecognize your job in terms of social interactions.You’ll be able todiscuss work, and if asked what your job is then your Sim willuse their job title, rather than saying they are unemployed.
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Developed by Maxis, The Sims 4 is a life simulation game in the vein of its predecessors. It launched in 2014, becoming one of the biggest-selling PC games of that year. In 2022, the base game became free-to-play, while paid DLC continues to be released on a regular basis.
