How do I change my kittens' jobs?

Question

In the Small Village, I see a Census that tells me the following information for each of my kittens:

[:3] NAME NAME - JOB
age: AGE
SKILL1 (X%) job1
SKILL2 (Y%) job2

But I don't know how to get my kittens into the job they are best at. How are kittens assigned to jobs?

Wondered myself the same for quite some time. But every time I was too lazy to check the code or ask it here. And after some time, you do not switch jobs anymore, so you don't care. Anyway, thanks for asking — Mathias711, Oct 02 '14 at 20:50

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:09

The main section, above the census, is where you increase or decrease the number of kittens on a given job. You don't get fine-grained control over which kittens are doing which job, but you don't really need it; removing a kitten from a job using the [-] button always removes the kitten who is least skilled at it (of those working at that job right now), and adding a free kitten always adds the free kitten with the highest skill in it. As of 0.9.9.2, you can remove a specific kitten from their job when you unlock the Census, but assigning still always assigns the most-skilled kitten.

Note that your kittens can be skilled in more jobs than display, so you may not always be able to tell at a glance, but under most circumstances, your kittens shouldn't be changing jobs too often anyway.

How do I change my kittens' jobs?

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