You can earn some satoshis with faucet, its free all you need is internet connection.
But faucets need lot time to be spend to earn a good amount. So as a beginner one could start with faucets then can move on to signature campaign as well other earning methods to get good earning.
Yes if you are starting your career in bitcoin, you should start with Faucets first. Although it will take your time but it will help you to know how the bitcoins works. What are the wallets, how does block chain works etc etc. Once get experienced you can get other advanced way of earning the coins.