Just finished PDOS last march 11 2014. In general Ok nman sya in total mga 20 lang yata kami umattend. Madali lang makita ung building nya sa quirino dahil nagiisang kulay orange sa may stoplight. Masyadong mhal nga lang at panget ang lasa ng foods sa nakainan naming karenderia sa may likod ng building :-q
Mga 1030am kami dumating ang konti plang ang tao. Medyo ok nman ung mga staff na nasa windows medyo uminit lang ung ulo ko ng ipilit ng isang staff na dapat daw ilagay ung address sa australia sa form eh wala pa nga. Mag ied plang kami sa July. Nung napansin siguro nila na medyo umiinit na ulo ko eh hindi na pinilit.
Mga 2 hours and 20 minutes ang training. Medyo ok nman yung speaker na lalaki. Hes trying to make the discussions alive and crack some jokes. Ok nman, ready made slides and giving relevant infos. But even though i have severe headache and cough eh may mga ilan akong comments sa mga points nya. He keep mentioning DIAC eh DIBP na, small things but i didnt expect it from a speaker. He must be more updated than us. Kakamadali nya sa speech nya regarding dual citizenship eh he mentioned na disadvantage ng isang foreigner (referring to pinoy na nag acquired ng australian citizenship) eh hindi makakap owned ng condo properties sa pinas. Eh alam ko foreigner can owned up to 40% interest sa condo, the reason daming foreigners na may condo unit sa pinas. For land property i think nga natural born pinoy who became foreigner can still owned a lot up to a certain square meters (1,000 yata). In australia he mentioned 1 page resume is the norm. My point of view is 2-3 pages is the ideal pa rin. I even read in british expat forums na some employers even preferred longer and detailed resumes. So it depends tlaga sa hiring manager, a case to case basis.A certification from LTO is needed for license conversion, but i read here in forums sa license number plang alam kung when na issued license sa pinas. Anyways still good to have.
I have emailed the speaker for some of my comments pero wala pa reply. Nsa likuran kasi ako ng room at masama pakiramdam ko kaya i let him finish the seminar. Importante nman ung sticker at gusto ko na makauwi ng makapagpahinga hehe.
Overall ok lang. Still worth it na din ung 400 bucks kasi nga daw may fiber optic nman un sticker hehe and no expiration. And for the effort na din ng speaker.