Easier way to get a jQuery object from appended element

Is there an easier/quicker way to get the element added using jQuery append:

How to get the $selectors element:

$container.append('<div class="selectors"></div>');
var $selectors = $('.selectors', $container);

I tried:

var $selectors = $container.append('<div class="selectors"></div>');

but that makes $selectors = $container

Maybe that's the quickest/best way. Just checking.