If you have to qualify a statement with the word, “technically,” then, at least in a job search, you have probably crossed the line.
Mark Haluska, Founder and Executive Director of Real Time Network talks about a candidate who repeatedly answered “yes” to the question, “Are you employed.” When it got down to offer time, the background check revealed he had actually resigned 3 weeks earlier. When asked about this discrepancy, the candidate said “technically” he was still employed because he still had vacation time left.
The moral of this story ... The truth will always come out. When it does, it will burn you ... because, it really is much more than just semantics. If you can't be honest upfront, employers worry what else might get fudged down the pike.
