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Are you a people watcher? Do you pick up on little details that others don't? Do people often tell you that you have a "sixth sense?" Do you love driving? If your answer to some or all of these questions is yes, you may want to consider a job as a UTA bus driver. While this job is often overlooked, it is actually very rewarding. Here are five qualities that the best bus drivers typically exude:

1. Likeability

Everyone who rides the bus has a story. Some have exciting stories they are dying to tell someone and others just need a listening ear on a bad day. You may be a bus driver but you may also play the role of therapist or best friend.

Getting to know regular passengers and being the bright spot in their days can actually make a huge impact on their lives.

2. Responsibility

Do you find yourself taking the lead more often than not? Are you a very responsible person? As a bus driver you are responsible for a bus full of souls each day on the job. They each have families to return home at the end of the day, loved ones who care about them or jobs that need their time and talents. It is your job to get them where they need to be safely. Can you handle that?

3. Nerves of steel

How do you feel about having a thousand different things going on around you at once? Are you able to focus in those situations with surgeon-like accuracy? As a bus driver there are events happening both inside and outside of your bus. You will need to focus on the road no matter what while also making sure that all is well inside the bus.

4. A love for being behind the wheel

UTA bus and rail operators helped passengers make more than 44.1 million trips in 2013 and those numbers continue to increase. You will not only get to meet many various different types of people but you will also be able to see the beauty of Utah's landscape on a daily basis. You will see Utah in a whole new way from behind the wheel of a bus.

5. Motivation to achieve goals

Great employers offer several ways to give your future a strong kickstart. If you want more out of life financially and are willing to put in an effort to succeed, UTA offers a guaranteed $21 per hour after five years of employment. Meanwhile, if you would like to return to school and chase other dreams, a tuition reimbursement program can help you do just that.

If you crave a career that is rewarding with long term potential and one that will help you "drive to your dreams," click here as UTA is currently hiring bus operators throughout the state.

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