But over half (55 percent) of recruiters have reconsidered appointing someone based on their social profile - with 61 percent of these U-turns due to 'negative' reasons.

 

This includes spotting use of profanities, spelling and grammar mistakes, illegal drug references, sexual posts and mention of alcohol use.

 

The findings were revealed by recruiting software company, Jobvite, which surveyed 1,855 human resources managers in industries including engineering, IT, marketing² and sales.

 

It comes as a separate survey of 2,000 14 to 25-year-olds by Barclay's LifeSkills found that one in five (22 percent) admit to posting pictures from nights out.

 

One in ten - 11 percent - regularly share photographs of themselves drinking.

 

This is despite the fact that 77 percent of young people are aware that potential employers are checking social media profiles before hiring.

 

A quarter (24 percent) still have no privacy settings in place and a further one in ten (11 percent) are unsure if they are protected or not.

 

LifeSkills was created by Barclays to help young people get the skills they need to enter the world of work.

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