Call it a caffeine kick. Before Paola Bellis had completed her masters in management (MiM) at Politecnico di Milano she had secured a job with her dream employer, upmarket Italian coffee roasters Illycaffè, thanks to an internship that was a requirement of the course.
Not only did it mean she could return to work in her home town of Trieste, where Illycaffè was founded in 1933, but three years and two promotions later, Bellis’s salary has jumped by 60 per cent to a high five-figure sum. “I have nothing to complain about,” says the 26-year-old, who earns more than most of her university peers.
The minority of students who worked before their MiM will increase their pay by an average of $30,000 a year after completing their degree….
