The following represents the electronic configuration and its associated term symbol for the ground state neutral gaseous atom. The configuration associated with technetium in its compounds is not necessarily the same.
Ground state electron configuration: [Kr].4d6.5s1
Shell structure: 2.8.18.14.1
Term symbol:6S5/2
The image below is a schematic representation of the shell structure of technetium - not what the atom of technetium "looks like".
