I just switched to Search this year after too many years of CIS same ol', same ol'. In the end I decided to leave CIS because a school broke contract with me three years ago. I was hired at the February fair, signed a contract and was informed two months later, after having planned for shipping and gotten all of my paperwork in order and sent to the school that the board arbitrarily decided to hire a local and decided my position should no longer exist. CIS "allowed" me to attend the May fair (which was one week after the loss of the job) and told me I should behave "positively" when I talked to them and complained that the school should be penalized for dropping me right after hiring me and for no reason at all except to save money.
The upshot: the school was at subsequent recruiting fairs and there seemed to be no repercussions at all. I luckily got a replacement job at the fair in May, with help from the director at the school who canceled my contract. I decided to move on from CIS after this.
Search was just OK. They did lose one of my recommendations and continuously told me it was not there. When it was submitted for the third time, my file was finally deemed complete.
They were not as friendly as I expected and my representative often acted very impatient with questions, especially pertinent ones that he could not answer.
I ended up getting a great job on a phone interview after the fair--and it was not through Search.

I have been with my partner for 12 years. We were in Germany for 9 years together and when he retired I decided to go back out on the circuit. For the past three years I have been in SE Asia and he comes out in October and leaves at the end of April. He has to get his own visa. It has worked out well. He keeps very busy during the days and we have traveled extensively throughout Asia and are still going strong.
Sometimes I think the break from middle August to October and May and half of June have helped our relationship a lot.
It works exceptionally well for us.

Manila has worked hard to make their salary more competitive. They are offereing big raises for next year. I work there now and am going to another school on the list posted above next year.
ISManila is a really great place to work. The resources are fantastic, perks are excellent.