Specifically, one in ten admitted posting abusive content online about their boss or company after a bad day at work.
Tony Anscombe, AVG's senior security evangelist, said: "Young people today have a comfort with using online social networks that is leading to blurring between their professional and private lives. It seems obvious that posting abusive content about a boss or workplace is not very sensible, but it's important to understand that not only could it damage a person's existing career, it could also negatively impact on future opportunities too.
"Our research findings indicate that today's 18- 25 year old digital natives need to be more aware of their 'online brand' as something employers and recruiters are increasingly investigating."
Other findings included that 60pc of young workers admitting to accessing social networks that were banned at work from mobile phones.
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