Three other students wait to hear from Advance Circuits, which has a union and is closer to their homes. One woman accepts Lake Region's offer but will delay her start until her baby is born this summer. Four other students decide the commute is too long. Such refusals have made Lake Region's president acutely aware of Chaska's lack of inexpensive housing. Fleischhacker has failed to interest city officials, however.
Long commutes are just one obstacle to matching jobs and workers.
After extensive negotiations with Minshull and Frazier, Advance Circuits human resources manager arrives to tell students they must take the pre-employment test to be considered for jobs. In response, several students speak angrily in Hmong. Because of the misunderstanding, Advance Circuits offers to help people who fail the test by paying them to attend a two-month class that will prepare them to retake the test. No one accepts. Minshull acknowledges that two months of study probably wouldn't be enough.