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The [jobs] shortcode will use search_location and search_keywords variables from the query string. This makes it easy to create a search form elsewhere on your site which redirects to your jobs page.
Here is an example form, which will add a category selection dropdown to the search filters for job listings:
<form method="GET" action="YOUR_JOBS_PAGE_URL">
<p>
<label for="keywords">Keywords</label>
<input type="text" id="search_keywords" name="search_keywords" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="keywords">Location</label>
<input type="text" id="search_location" name="search_location" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="search_category">Category</label>
<select id="search_category" name="search_category">
<?php foreach ( get_job_listing_categories() as $cat ) : ?>
<option value="<?php echo esc_attr( $cat->term_id ); ?>"><?php echo esc_html( $cat->name ); ?></option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</p>
</form>
To use this, create a template override of the job_filters.php template.
Replace YOUR_JOBS_PAGE_URL with the URL to your jobs page and (assuming filters are enabled) the form will function.