There is Quick job creation button on the ribbon. It is available regardless currently selected view, and contains a sorted list of customers you have recently did work for and custom list of job templates:
Select any client or a template, and a new job will be created based on the most recent job you did for a selected client or a selected template.
Select Manage templates to open template list (to view, edit or delete them).
Drop-down list under this button is refreshed each time you open job list.