It was formed in January 2010 after the acquisition of Select Education, founded in 1993, by the multinational Human Resources group Randstad Holding.

[citation needed] Select Education was founded in 1993 as a specialist provider of supply teachers to schools, opening offices in Edgware, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester and Manchester a year later.

In 1995 it began operating at a profit, and continued to expand over the following years with more offices opening in the UK.

During this expansion period, Select launched several divisions and subsidiaries at home and abroad.

The Verb Group was then sold to Randstad Holding between 2008 and 2009, being officially rebranded and relaunched in early 2010.