What do you think of this -- is this major resume lying??

I have been reading the questions/answers, and I wanted to know your opinion on something.

On my resume I am contemplating "stretching" the truth a little bit! Not at all a flat out lie [too risky for my taste - but I don't judge those who do]

My fiance owns a land development company/home building, and for the past 3 yrs [since it was incorporated in 2005] since I started dating him pretty much, I have been his right-hand girl and helped the man with marktet research/analysis; making spreasheets and filtering out comparible profitable projects; running errands; even helping with interior design!

The thing is - I have never technically worked for his company, but I am thinking of putting it down as a work experience. I have even been paid by the company before -- but I doubt there will be his company on my Social Insurance Number [the Canadian version of Social Security Number] if they do a background check? Can non-gov employers even check your SIN?

What do you think??

In this course I have learned genuinely useful skills with accounting software, architectural software, office software...etc! I have no desire to lie about skills I cannot backup.

Thanks everyone.

It's not lying, it's not even inflating the truth.

Don't claim you had a title, just claim the work you did.

Call it an intership, or fully explain. If you call it a job they will want to know things like how much you got paid (as that is an indicator of your value to the company) and that interest could lead to discovery of the truth. If you could claim in a tiny fraction of ownership, you could also describe it as being self-employed.

I see nothing wrong with this at all. Perhaps you can create a "skills" or "volunteer work" section for this rather than list it under employment. Or, you could just list your boyfriend as an employer and a potential employer can contact him.

Actually your description here sounds pretty good...it would sound good on a resume as well.
In the US,any employer can check your SS#,even non gov