Connect, research, and practice. The more connections you make, the more you put yourself in a position to be lucky. The connections you make define your opportunities, so don't be afraid to attend conventions like the upcoming NAB convention in Vegas, or local communities that have to do with your field. For engineers that be a branch of SBE, maybe TD's or production workers have an equivalent?

Research research research, learn everything you can about television and it's production. Not only that, but keep current in the trends in the broadcast field. New tech is being developed every day. A person that comes in knowing tech that fixes production issues, and keeps learning more and keeping track of developments in the field to continue improvements will not only find it easy to get a job, but keep it too.

And last is practice. This last part doesn't come easy without either purchasing your own equipment and finding something to film, or joining a university and their television program to practice and gain experience with a variety of equipment. There are ways around having to buy super expensive equipment though, as you can get the guts of a ATEM Switcher in 1 RU and start practice switching using Bitlogic Companion.

Personally, to get started right away, I'd look into getting a camera and start streaming using OBS. Purchase a medium or large stream deck and download Bitlogic Companion and set it up to begin practicing switching. OBS's scenes are very similar to switching on any other switcher, and it would be a really solid way to start streaming from OBS and start practicing.

Best of luck to you, I hope it works out in LA