Because Kieran required a variety of Professions, he entered the limitations of his Union and put individual caps on each type of Profession he sought.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Kieran allowed more gathering-type Professions than he did production, and there was a good reason for that.
If the number of production-type Professions overwhelmed the resource-gathering abilities of the Union, the Union's supply of resources would be rapidly exhausted, leaving Kieran to look into more expensive alternatives.
Thus, to avoid that scenario, Kieran placed a greater focus on his ability to procure resources. But of course, Kieran left a reasonable number of spots to create an incredible production team.
After all, many of the ones present showed immense promise.
Nevertheless, many showed conflicted expressions while carefully reading through Kieran's terms.