Job Finding (Re-post New Version)

(This is a completely new mod, I didn't even open the old version)

This mod requires LOT51 Core Library

The mod has no overrides!

Please read carefully the description!

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Languages:

German by SportySims

French by Kimikosoma

Chinese by Wanzi

Spanish by Stephen

UPDATES:

Added a bunch of interactions that will help with increasing the Employment Exploring skill! Details in the notes on Curseforge.

Find the template to add custom careers HERE

Video Tutorial HERE

Example package HERE

The goal of this mod is to make looking for a job more interesting and a little bit harder. This is now a Vanilla Plus mod, meaning that it adds on top of Maxis without replacing or changing what's there already, specifically this adds a system of Job Postings BEFORE you get into a career, without touching the existing careers in any way.

The mod hides and replaces the look for job interaction on the phone (that can be unlocked at any time in case of need):

Instead of opening the career selector, looking for a job will now bring up Job Postings:

It will also unlock a skill:

This skill affects how likely it is that certain jobs will show up when you look through the postings. It also affects how many posting you can browse, how well your Sim will do in job interviews and, to a smaller extent, how well their resume will look.

You can only browse up to 6 (on max skill) postings after which the interaction to look for a job will be locked for 24h:

You have two ways to get hired once you've found the job you want: "contact the employer" or "send the resume."

Contact the Employer

Your Sim will make a call and be offered a Job Interview. This is a direct and easy way to get hired.

If you choose "go later," you'll have 12 hours to go. This choice is available on both the phone and your Sims:

The Sim will leave and you'll be presented with questions:

How well you answer these questions will decide what will happen to your Sim:

The notifications give you a clue on how well you're doing:

Low level Employment Exploring skill can hurt you in the interview, but if you have a high level, it can help you.

Once done, you'll have to wait a couple of days for the results, during this time you cannot look for another job:

If your Sim gets hired, you can choose to accept the job or not. Accepting the job will put you right into the career:

Sending a Resume

You can write a resume on the PC at level 3 of Employment Exploring skill.

If you send a resume, you can send more than one at once, which is a plus. The better your resume, the more likely you are to get hired. Once the message has been sent, the company will call back within 72 hours. How good your resume is will rest on how good you are at finding jobs, how good you are at writing, and how much experience you have.

Work Experience!

Maxis's jobs fall into seven main categories. They are more likely to hire you if you have a lot of experience in their area and a good education.

By levelling up the skill, you can gain the option to check your Sims experience on your phone:

Volunteering, part-time work, and freelancing all give you more experience as you move up the job ladder. Owning a business also gives you experience, which is something that school, even college, can't give you. So even if your Sims spend half their lives learning, they might not have enough experience to get a job! Teens, while excluded from the finding job system, can both level up the skill and get experience in a field with part-time jobs and after-school activities.

While University Students and adults in general have the option to attend Professional courses:

These are not compatible with having a job (you'll have to leave the job to attend a course), but are compatible with University Classes! The option to join a course is unlocked by levelling up the skill.

Levelling Up

The skill goes up each time you look for a job, to speed it up, there are books:

Debug Cheats

There are cheats for almost every aspect:

Testingcheats on and SHIFT+CLICK on a Sim

If you need Maxis career selection, you can unlock it with the cheats. Maxis career selection is also accessible from the Part-time jobs selection (click on the "work" or "all" category on top.)