EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The line outside the Los Angeles area Hilton hotel meeting room was long. Populated by men and women of all ages and styles of dress, the line of people stretched through a lobby area and doubled back on itself as job seekers waited their turn to get into a career fair.

“I’ve been looking for work for eight months now,” said Leslie DeGeorge.

An elegant blonde in a blue suit who lives in El Segundo, she worked as a Hollywood prop master for 30 years until February, when the show where she was employed was not renewed.

“I thought, I don’t know if this business is going to keep supporting us. Let’s figure out a pivot,” DeGeorge said of herself and her husband, who also worked on a now-canceled Hulu show, and who have struggled to find jobs in their field since last yea

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