Sebastian, an employee, understands that he has great potential after taking a self-assessment test at his company. He decides to create a checklist of short-term objectives to achieve to help him hone his skills. In this scenario, Sebastian is employing ________ as a mechanism of career management.

A) feedback
B) self-assessment
C) goal setting
D) assessment
E) appraisal

Sebastian is employing goal setting as a mechanism of career management by creating a checklist of short-term objectives to achieve in order to hone his skills. While he may have taken a self-assessment test, this is not the mechanism he is actively employing in this scenario. Feedback, assessment, and appraisal are all related to receiving performance evaluations or critiques, which is not the focus of this scenario.