Pan had originally planned to remain in France after graduating in 1998, but France was experiencing double-digit unemployment. When even young French were having difficulty finding jobs, what was a foreigner like Pan to do?
1998 年取得學位後，原本潘伯勳也想留在法國，但法國失業率高達二位數，本國青年就業都有困難，何況沒有居留權的外國人？