[simonsarris]

Just fyi, your agreement says 2011 in the url but 2010 in the document itself.

I feel like you're edging a bit into not-true-scotsman territory. A hotmail address does not make a freelancer suddenly unprofessional, and completion of the 5 items certainly doesn't necessarily make one a professional.

And what's wrong with hiring an unemployed designer, anyway? I don't see why it would be a minus and you don't really give any reasons not to. You even mention one reason why we should consider unemployed designers a plus: If we like their work, we can offer them a full-time job!