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

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

Monster polled 350 18- to 26-year-olds graduating thisyear with either a bachelor's degree, vocational or technicaldegree, associate degree, master's degree, doctoral or professionaldegree. The survey found that more than half of all of therespondents (59 percent) expect that it will take less than one totwo months to find a full-time job—and of those, more than aquarter (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.

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