Amid low unemployment and few available workers, UTA fights hard to attract needed drivers

The ads offer Utah Transit Authority employees up to $1,000 if they recruit a friend who becomes a bus driver for at least a year. But some of the flyers are posted in an unusual place: inside the bathroom stall doors at UTA headquarters.“It’s a captive audience,” jokes Shari Burgess, senior recruiter for UTA. “Pretty creative, huh?”UTA officials say creativity is now a must as the agency competes with other businesses for the relatively few people seeking jobs amid