Fashionably Early: Conce’ Founder Meghan Houle
Meghan Houle has spent 15-plus years pulling back the curtain on what's actually broken in recruiting — and nobody wanted to talk about it, because the big platforms profit from the dysfunction. Now she's done talking and started building. Meghan is the founder of CONCÉ, an AI-powered talent intelligence platform designed to replace keyword-filtered chaos with predictive, dynamic matching that actually gets people hired. Think Raya for executive talent — private, vetted, and built by someone who's placed careers worth millions the old-fashioned way.
In this episode:
Why AI is not replacing C-suite executives in fashion — and what luxury brands like LVMH teach us about the irreplaceable value of human experience
The real problem with ATS: why 75% of applicants have no business applying, and why keyword matching is still how most companies make million-dollar hiring decisions
How Meghan posted one job, received 1,000 resumes in seven hours, and realized the entire industry needed to be rebuilt from scratch
Why CONCÉ is built like Bumble meets Raya for jobs — no mass applying, no spray-and-pray, just intentional matching
The proprietary data cloud and dynamic scoring engine that gets smarter the more companies use it — and why that institutional IP becomes a moat
How CONCÉ scales beyond fashion into healthcare, hospitality, finance, and any industry still running talent decisions on 1990 technology
Why "closed mouths don't get fed" — Meghan's founder philosophy on asking boldly, building in public, and surrounding yourself with the right experts
What we're getting right about AI: efficiency gains on the low-lift admin that's been eating your time for decades
What we're getting wrong: outsourcing your voice, your creativity, and your point of view to a chatbot and calling it content
Connect with Meghan Houle & CONCÉ: LinkedIn: Meghan Houle | hirewithconce.com
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