You might not have noticed personal action features in the Human resource module because by default they are not turned when you deploy AX2012. If you want to read more about what they are you can see the help topic here

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/5722ce62-09ce-48e6-8100-5eaba0aeb9d1(AX.60).aspx

To give you an overview on one of the actions, in this example a hire action I’ve recorded this video for a hire personnel action.

Cheers

Lachlan