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title: Become a certified Analyst Relations professional
date: 2006-01-25T19:35:25Z
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[Give. Me. A. Break](http://www.knowledgecap.com/default.asp).



Industry analysts aren’t even [professionals in the traditional sense](http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/001220.html). 



By all means train people, KCG – that is a good thing and a good niche business. I am all for training and helping people to better understand how to work with industry analysts. But calling the course a professional certification and accreditation is surely a stretch.



Nice client list though. And there seem to plenty of [vendors hiring](http://www.knowledgecap.com/resources/JobListings.htm) AR people at the moment, which is nice. 



I can’t vouch for KCG’s services myself- although I have worked with some people that have been on the course. 



On the other hand if I can say I am an industry analyst, and mean something by it, then I suppose your clients say I am an AR professional!



I would love to hear from AR people generally, and “accredited AR professionals” specifically, what they think. If you don’t want to post a comment publicly just email me: [jgovernor at redmonk.com]