Jobs in Guatemala

Guatemala sits in the heart of Central America, sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east. It shares borders with Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador, making travel throughout these other Latin American nations easily accessible while you work abroad in Guatemala. Guatemala and the surrounding region also constitutes a biodiversity hotspot, with thousands of endemic plant and animal species calling it home.

Guatemala City is the national capital and the largest city in all of Central America, making it understandably the most popular destination where to work abroad in Guatemala. Sprawled out in a mountainous valley in the southern region of the country, the Guatemala City metropolitan area is home to nearly 5 million people, constituting nearly a third of the country’s population. It is one of the primary political, economic, and cultural nuclei of Central America.

Other locations where you might work abroad in Guatemala include Solola, a popular town sitting on the banks of Lake Atitlan, and Antigua, a small city in the highlands of the country which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its well-preserved Spanish architecture. Both of these locations are much smaller than Guatemala City, providing international workers with more intimate experience of Guatemalan culture.