Graduates with diplomas More than half of all recent graduates expect that it will take less than one to two months to find a full-time job. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Most of this year's college graduates expect to land a job rather quickly—but many are going to keep their current side gigs to make ends meet, according to Monster's Graduation Survey 2019.

Monster polled 350 18- to 26-year-olds graduating this year with either a bachelor's degree, vocational or technical degree, associate degree, master's degree, doctoral or professional degree. The survey found that more than half of all of the respondents (59 percent) expect that it will take less than one to two months to find a full-time job—and of those, more than a quarter (28 percent) expect it to take less than one month.

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.