Those seeking finance jobs after completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) are choosing to head east to Asia in order to secure work.

This is the assertion made by Dean Thomas Robertson of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, who suggested graduating students are increasingly going to work in locations such as Indonesia, Shanghai and Hong Kong, CNBC reports.

He made the remarks during a roundtable discussion and said that paths for MBA graduates were very different five years ago, with 25 per cent of his institution's departing students now taking up positions overseas.

"The industries they are going into are diverse and they're going in at levels which, for the most part, are not reflected in the jobs report," Dean Robertson declared, noting that international students are also returning home to "robust" employment markets and economies.

In contrast to strong levels of economic and employment growth being experienced in many Asian nations, the US recovery from the financial crisis appears to have slowed as uncertainties remain.

Posted by Sarah Dixon