- We've discussed on many occasions how aspiring freelancers can make a go of it (or even decide if the freelancing life is right for them). But here, we talk about the freelancer lifestyle from the other side of the fence: from the point of view of those who seek to hire freelancers to get one kind of job or another done. Here, we discuss how to find a successful freelancer who will not only complete your task at hand, but do it well enough so that you'd gladly rehire them in the future without any regrets.