Other high-pressure strategies include making offers before their competitors can and calling students late at night. Today's outstanding job market creates a high demand for students, said Sue Marshall, director of the University of Oklahoma's Career Services. Students are put in difficult spots when companies ask them to reply to job offers before they know all their options. Wittrock said deadlines for job offers arrived before she completed other interviews. Things can become very confusing.
Time management is definitely the key.
Wittrock said she often negotiated extensions, but the new deadlines sometimes only provided another week to make a decision. Another method companies use to attract graduates is the bonus offer. One type of bonus is cash for signing with the company. Another type awards the new employee half the money when they sign, and the other half when they start. Another popular bonus option is for relocation expenses.