Hello !

I was having some thoughts about employers' perspectives on candidates.

** Do employers look at the status of the school or degree? **

For example, a candidate holds MSc in Mechanical Engineering from HKUST/NUS and MBA from AIT, Thailand. He applies for a job in a business field rather than for a role as an engineer, in either SG or HK, where he got his engineering PG degree (not in a country where he got his MBA). He has only a few years of work experience in different industry (Let's say less than 2).

In such a scenario, would the employers find him satisfied enough to offer him the business-related mid-seniority role that normally MBA graduates get, although he finished his Engg. degree from a top school and MBA from a mid-tier school?

Thank you !

I think the brand equity of the schools matters, and that's not a static thing because some schools matter more in some places than in others. AIT is probably a better-known school in Thailand, India and Nepal than in Singapore or Hong Kong. It's probably better placed for an operations role than, say, a marketing role. 

Thank you for your explanation sir. So, it means that the preference
varies from time to time, and the candidate still has some possibility
of securing business-related jobs in either HK or SG with the mentioned
scenario?

There's always some possibility, but my guidance is to make a wise choice. You should be able to look for the best available route to your goal. If you want to work in a country, then a MSc from a top university in that country will almost always be better than an MBA from a good, bit not quite as good, school a thousand miles away.