Where Have All The Workers Gone?

I hate to keep patting myself on the back, but I told you in 2009 that this recession we're in is like no other this country has ever experienced (I use the present tense because I'm not convinced that we've climbed out of it yet).  A good indication that my analysis was spot-on?

From Investor's Business Daily:

And it ain't over.

* Chart courtesy of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics