A Study on the Supply-Demand Mismatch In Youth Volunteer Service

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jse.202611308

Author(s)

Liu Zihe

Affiliation(s)

University of Jinan, Jinan, China

Abstract

Supply-demand mismatch is one of the significant bottlenecks that restrict the high-quality development of youth volunteer services. The reason is that there is a structural mismatch between supply and demand, that is, between volunteer service supply and grassroots demands, resulting in volunteer service trapped in the low-efficiency state of "supply without demand" and "demand without supply." Drawing on demand-oriented theory, this paper builds a three-dimensional supply-demand match model of "needs identification-project design-resource allocation" and expounds on the connotation and expression forms of supply-demand mismatch in youth volunteer service. The results show that the supply-demand mismatch of youth volunteer service is mainly reflected in the contradiction between uniform service content and diverse needs, the conflict between short supply of service and long-term needs, and the gap between single service supply and bidirectional needs. The deep reason is the lack of needs identification, administrative operating logic of volunteer organizations, imperfect professional expertise, and distorted evaluation system. Therefore, this paper puts forward corresponding optimization paths: realize supply-demand matching through professional needs identification, improve service supply quality through project-based operation, and build a long-term service supply mechanism through institutional guarantees, to enable the development of youth volunteer service to shift from "extensive supply" to "targeted service."

Keywords

Youth Volunteer Service; Supply-Demand Mismatch; Demand Orientation; Targeted Supply

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