The review of specialized publications on employability and work of university professors is presented. The socio-economic and political, educational, organizational and individual dimensions are considered. Each one compiles aspects that affect the relationship of university professors with their work, as well as approaches to employability, development strategies, and actors involved. Based on this, a multidimensional, dynamic and situational approach of the phenomenon, involving different social actors, is presented. This approach recognizes the influence of structural and individual aspects that include agency and reflexivity. It concludes by compiling some aspects treated and highlighting critical positions and paradoxes that could indicate areas of work for the later investigation.