Talk:Blacksmith/@comment-108.32.75.99-20120612180549/@comment-4115045-20120612190905

You cannot hire another blacksmith or carpenter if you already have one, but can replace your current blacksmith or carpenter while you have one already.

That said, it is a bit of a chance if there are new employees coming to your shop. It could be that you have 5 in 12 gamedays, but you also could have none for 100 gamedays in row. It also depends on your own shop level (higher shop level gets less employees passing by) and if you have a workshop finished but not yet filled (unfilled workshop raises the amount of workers passing by steeply, but real hard figures cannot be given). From experience i can tell you that low level is by far best to hire an employee, because you will have less and less passing by lateron.