Peter and Geoff,

First of all, great blog, thanks for tackling the work force issues of concern to early and mid career scientists. I agree the gettign your university to invest in alternative career workshops and seminars is a great first step, though I would also point to web resources (phds.org included) that an provide such information as well. Other career sites out there:

Science Alliance - NYC-based division of the New York Academy of Sciences focused on career development of grad stuents and postdocs. Many of their career seminars are immortalized in "e-briefings" that can be downloaded free of charge from their great web site. I took a course through the NYAS called "Idea to IPO" which sounds a lot like the Startup School that you did, Geoff. I think focusing scientists' energy on start ups vice faculty positions is a great idea.

Science Careers and Nature Jobs - career sites run by Science and Nature journals respectively delve into all aspects of career development from graduate school to faculty positions.

Stanford Career Center - In the interest of full disclosure, I recently started writing career advice columns for them and I've been impressed with the coverage and depth with which they provide advice on entering varoius careers. Find mroe at www.stanfordcareercenter.org.