Part-time job: Difference between revisions

{{Era|TS2|TS3|TS4}}A '''part-time job''' is a type of [[Career|job]] available in ''[[The Sims 2]]'', ''[[The Sims 3]]'', and ''[[The Sims 4]]''. Part-time jobs have shorter working hours, fewer jobs within the career track, and usually offer lower pay than full jobs. A Sim cannot hold a part-time and a regular full-time job at the same time. [[Teen]]s are able to work part-time jobs and, depending on the game, Sims older than teen may be able to work part-time jobs as well.

In ''The Sims 2'', teens are only eligible to work part-time jobs. However, they cannot apply for one if they have low grades.<ref group="note">[https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/File:LowGradesNoJobAllowed.jpg This message] appears if a teen with low grades tries to get a job.</ref> Part-time jobs have hours that do not interfere with a teen's [[school]] schedule. Reaching the top of a part-time career track is a prerequisite to fulfilling the "Overachiever" want for teens. Teens cannot get a part-time job if their grades are poor.

Part-time jobs are not labeled as such. All [[career track#The Sims 2|career tracks]] (other than   [[Natural Science]], [[Artist]], [[Show Business]], and [[Paranormal#The Sims 2|Paranormal]]<ref group="note">These careers are only open to [[college]] graduates</ref>) have parallel part-time tracks which only go to level 3. When a teen or elder looks for a job through the [[Newspaper#The Sims 2|newspaper]] or [[Computer#The Sims 2|computer]], only positions in the part-time tracks will be available. A teen in high school or an elder who has retired from a full-time job will have a second tab in the job panel, which will show the part-time job. [[Young adult]]s can't have jobs with regular hours, but can work on campus as baristas and cafeteria workers. [[Downtown (The Sims 2)|Downtown]] also offers part-time work as DJs and bartenders.{{vgversion|TS2:NL}}