Emily Clow was stunned after discovering a marketing company she’d applied to intern at had shared one of her bikini photos on its Instagram account claiming such posts deterred prospective employers (Pictures: Emily Clow/Kickass Masterminds)

An entrepreneur shared a prospective intern’s Instagram bikini photo on its own account to warn other jobseekers about unprofessional social media posts.

Marketing company Kickass Masterminds uploaded an Instagram story screenshotted from 24 year-old Emily Clow’s public social media page, and suggested the snap had hindered Emily’s chances of finding work.

A caption added to the snap by Kickass read: ‘PSA (because I know some of you applicants are looking at this): do not share your social media with a potential employer if this is the kind of content on it.

‘Go on with your bad self and do whatever in private.




‘But this is not doing you any favors in finding a professional job.’

Kickass Masterminds suffered such a deluge of criticism after sharing this Instagram story condemning Emily’s bikini photo they were forced to set their social media accounts to private

Emily, from Austin in Texas, was appalled at being shamed by Kickass, and shared what had happened on Twitter, where she was inundated with support.

She wrote: ‘I was objectified earlier today by a company because of a picture of me in a bikini. They claimed it made me “unprofessional”.

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‘They screenshot the photo, posted it on their Insta story and called me out.

‘I am still baffled that the company handled it in such a manner.’

Emily was deluged from support from other Twitter users, according to MailOnline.

Emily was widely defended on Instagram, with many supporters saying she’d had a lucky escape by not getting hired by Kickass (Picture: Emily Clow)

One wrote: ‘You dodged a bullet with that company.

‘You look super cute in your bathing suit and your professionalism isn’t based on what you wear outside of work.

‘I hope the next place you deal with treats you properly.’

And another said: ‘I would hope @kickassmasterm is in the process of firing the person who incited harassment and bullying against an internship applicant.’

Many of her defenders went on to hit out at Kickass, and inundated the company’s social media pages with so much criticism and abuse that they have now been set to private.

Despite the offending post suggesting Emily’s bikini shot had scuppered her employment prospects , company founder Sara Christensen denied any such disqualification had happened.

She said: ‘The woman in question was not disqualified because of her social media profile. In fact, she was not disqualified at all.

‘There was no communication to her saying she was disqualified.’

Christensen also said that she’d taken down the post after being asked to do so by Emily.