This would rather be a thing helpful with more characters than currently tho.
I was thinking other day and then reminded about an older game i played which had a helpful panel on it, so i thought a bit and then kinda came with this, the panel i am thinking is not a replacement to the rooster but rather a supportive one for this and what not.
This panel would be a tog gable option unlike the main one, which would simply show, this is some of the ones i thought, because it can also show much more or even be chosen what to show, Name/current action/main job assigned, something like this, tho the part which made me think most at this was the availability to order by what they do.
As so lets give the exemple, we have X number of characters, and we wish to send a free one to town to buy something, however looking around in the ma we see no one free, instead of go in the rooster 1 by 1 to look for a free, you could go to the list and look only "idle" characters and find him easier and faster, same applies for a job, if you want to look for some "unemployed" guy.
Hope it was well explained, shoot any questions if you want at will and what you think?