American moving to London?! NEED ADVICE!

[pinknic38]

My best friend just informed me that she is moving to NZ and we've been having this big heart to heart about how we've both wanted to move abroad for some time now...

Here's my thing, I am completely and utterly clueless as to moving abroad, how that whole thing works. All I know is that I am sort of at a turning point in my life as my military career thank God (it's been rewarding and amazing experience but totally and utterly not for me) coming to its end in the next year or two and I'm trying to figure out where I want to go from there.

I'm the kind of person who is all over the map, I cannot deal with stillness. So I think after much deliberation, I want to move to London.

I have my degree in criminology and my whole life I've wanted to pursue the federal law enforcement life. Being over here in Afghanistan I've had a lot of time to contemplate what I want and what's important to me.

Aside from the possibility of going to graduate school in London (which I am considering), how difficult is it for an American to find more than temp work? I have lived in Chicago so I am used to a high cost of living, etc.

Any advice or anything would be helpful.

Thanks,
Nicole