*Redstone+Workstations

Workstations should be tweaked.

Many builders (including myself) use workstations as decorations. Once villagers are added into the equation, assigning villagers with occupations can become tedious, especially when they are trying to pair up with a different workstation other than the one they are being provided with.

Why not add a recipe which makes an active/open/workable/villager workstation by crafting together, for example, a stone cutter and a redstone? (In the recipe format of a sticky piston.) This newly created station will then send out a signal, such as an open sign, allowing villagers to choose their occupation.