International Paper will host a three-day hiring event after one of its competitors recently announced plans to lay off nearly 700 people. Memphis-based International Paper Co. (IP) will hold the recruitment effort in Baton Rouge Jan. 31 through Feb. 2. This news comes after Georgia-Pacific announced last week it was exiting the communication papers business and would shut down those machines, related converting assets, woodyard, pulp mill, and a “significant” portion of the energy complex…