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A career is a set of jobs in a single field that Sims can work in to earn money. Careers in The Sims series are typically linear, with each job requiring that certain skills and other criteria be met before the Sim is promoted to the next-highest job in the career track. Different careers have different requisite skills and criteria for advancement. Sims who meet the requisite criteria and who are in a good mood at work are more likely to be promoted. Sims who go to work in a bad mood risk being demoted, and Sims that skip work will eventually be fired altogether. In The Sims 2, Sims can also be promoted, demoted or fired by various chance card outcomes.

A Sim may get a job by reading a newspaper or using a computer; in The Sims 3, a Sim can also visit that career's appropriate rabbit hole building to get a job. In The Sims 2 and later, jobs obtained through the computer are usually at a higher level than those obtained through the newspaper, with the career level determined by the Sim's skills and number of friends. There are also opportunities for Sims to change careers without starting at the beginning of a new career track.